黒い車にはねられたのは老人だった。

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黒い車にはねられたのは老人だった。

English Translation

It was an old man that was hit by the black car.

Furigana

黒(くろ)い車(くるま)にはねられたのは老人(ろうじん)だった。

Romanji

Kuroi kuruma ni hanerareta no wa rōjin datta.

Words

黒い (くろい)

black; dark; illicit; wicked; underground

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

撥ねる (はねる)

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to refuse; to eliminate; to exclude; to leave out; to flip; to splash; to splatter; to decapitate; to behead; to jump up; to point or curl up (e.g. ends of hair)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative