運転手は霧で信号がよく見えなかった。

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運転手 は 霧 で 信号 が よく 見えなかった 。

English Translation

The driver could not distinguish the signal in the fog.

Furigana

運転手(うんてんしゅ)は霧(きり)で信号(しんごう)がよく見(み)えなかった。

Romanji

Untenshu wa kiri de shingō ga yoku mienakatta.

Words

運転手 (うんてんしゅ)

driver; chauffeur

は (は)

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

霧 (きり)

fog; mist; spray

で (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.

信号 (しんごう)

signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

が (が)

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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

Kanji

運

Readings: ウン、 はこ.ぶ

Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance

転

Readings: テン、 ころ.がる、 ころ.げる、 ころ.がす、 ころ.ぶ、 まろ.ぶ、 うたた、 うつ.る、 くる.めく

Meanings: revolve, turn around, change

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

霧

Readings: ム、 ボウ、 ブ、 きり

Meanings: fog, mist

信

Reading: シン

Meanings: faith, truth, fidelity, trust

号

Readings: ゴウ、 さけ.ぶ、 よびな

Meanings: nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible