見知らぬ人が私に学校への道を尋ねた。
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English Translation
A stranger asked me the way to the school.
Furigana
Romanji
Mishiranu hito ga watashi ni gakkō e no michi o tazuneta.
Words
見知らぬ
(みしらぬ)
strange; unfamiliar; unknown
人
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
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
学校
(がっこう)
school
へ
(へ)
indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")
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
道
(みち)
road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means
を
(を)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
尋ねる
(たずねる)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
Kanji
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: コウ、 キョウ
Meanings: exam, school, printing, proof, correction
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: ジン、 たず.ねる、 ひろ
Meanings: inquire, fathom, look for