月旅行なんてかつては途方もないことと考えられた。

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English Translation

Flights to the moon were once thought absurd.

Furigana

月(つき)旅行(りょこう)なんてかつては途方(とほう)もないことと考(かんが)えられた。

Romanji

Tsuki ryokō nante katsute wa tohō mo nai koto to kangaerareta.

Words

月 (つき)

moon; month

旅行 (りょこう)

travel; trip

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

嘗て (かつて、かって)

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

は (は)

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

途方 (とほう)

way; destination; reason

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on