客の足が遠のいた。

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客 の 足 が 遠のいた 。

English Translation

Customers stopped coming to our shop.

Furigana

客(きゃく)の足(あし)が遠(とお)のいた。

Romanji

Kyaku no ashi ga tōnoita.

Words

客 (きゃく、かく)

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

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

足 (あし)

foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin

が (が)

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

遠退く (とおのく)

to become distant; to recede

Kanji

客

Readings: キャク、 カク

Meanings: guest, visitor, customer, client

足

Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す

Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

遠

Readings: エン、 オン、 とお.い

Meanings: distant, far