トラックは狭い道を塀にかすめるように通った。

Sentence Analyzer

とらっく は 狭い 道 を 塀 に かすめる ように 通った 。

English Translation

The truck scraped along the wall in the narrow road.

Furigana

トラックは狭(せま)い道(みち)を塀(へい)にかすめるように通(かよ)った。

Romanji

Torakku wa semai michi o hei ni kasumeru yōni kayotta.

Words

トラック (トラック)

truck; track (running, CD, DVD, etc.)

は (は)

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

狭い (せまい)

narrow; confined; small

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

を (を)

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.

塀 (へい)

wall; fence

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

掠める (かすめる)

to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder; to deceive; to trick; to cheat; to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face); to do (something) while no one is looking; to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

通う (かよう)

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought); to resemble

Kanji

狭

Readings: キョウ、 コウ、 せま.い、 せば.める、 せば.まる、 さ

Meanings: cramped, narrow, contract, tight

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

塀

Readings: ヘイ、 ベイ

Meanings: fence, wall, (kokuji)

通

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.