街道沿いのドライブインで昼食をとった。

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街道沿い ドライブイン 昼食 とった

English Translation

We had lunch at a roadside restaurant.

Furigana

街道沿(かいどうぞ)いのドライブインで昼食(ちゅうしょく)をとった。

Romanji

Kaidōzoi no doraibuin de chūshoku o totta.

Words

()
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
ドライブイン (ドライブイン)
drive-in (bank, cinema, etc.); roadside restaurant
(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.
昼食 (ちゅうしょく、ちゅうじき、ひるげ)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
()
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.
穫る (とる)
to harvest (a crop)

Kanji

Readings: ガイ、 カイ、 まち
Meanings: boulevard, street, town
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
沿
Readings: エン、 そ.う、 -ぞ.い
Meanings: run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along
Readings: チュウ、 ひる
Meanings: daytime, noon
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food