家のそばまで来て車のガソリンが切れた。

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そば まで 来て ガソリン 切れた

English Translation

I was almost home when the car ran out of gas.

Furigana

(いえ)のそばまで()(くるま)のガソリンが()れた。

Romanji

Ie no soba made kite kuruma no gasorin ga kireta.

Words

(いえ)
house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name
()
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
蕎麦 (そば、そばむぎ、そまむぎ)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
来る (くる)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
ガソリン (ガソリン)
gasoline; petrol
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
切れる (きれる)
to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst; to collapse; to wear off; to stop working; to go dead; to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due; to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of; to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected; to cut well; to be sharp; to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able; to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time); to dry off; to curve; to veer; to shuffle (cards); to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip; to be able to do completely

Kanji

Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち
Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp