郊外では通りは曲がりくねっていたり、狭い事が多い。

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English Translation

Streets are often twisted and narrow in the suburbs.

Furigana

郊外(こうがい)では通(とお)りは曲(ま)がりくねっていたり、狭(せま)い事(こと)が多(おお)い。

Romanji

Kōgai de wa tōri wa magarikunettei tari, semai koto ga ōi.

Words

郊外 (こうがい)

suburb; outskirts

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

通り (とおり)

avenue; street; way; road; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice); fame; reputation; popularity; the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said); understanding; comprehension; counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types

曲がりくねる (まがりくねる)

to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

狭い (せまい)

narrow; confined; small

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

多い (おおい)

many; numerous