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交通規則はしばしば守られないことがある。

Sentence Analyzer

交通 規則 しばしば 守られない こと ある

English Translation

The traffic rules are not often obeyed.

Furigana

交通(こうつう)規則(きそく)はしばしば(まも)られないことがある。

Romanji

Kōtsū kisoku wa shibashiba mamorarenai koto ga aru.

Words

交通 (こうつう)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
規則 (きそく)
rules; regulations; conventions
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)
(blinking) repeatedly
守る (まもる)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
(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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも
Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Reading: 
Meanings: standard, measure
Readings: ソク、 のっと.る
Meanings: rule, follow, based on, model after
Readings: シュ、 ス、 まも.る、 まも.り、 もり、 -もり、 かみ
Meanings: guard, protect, defend, obey