きょうはその電車が１時間近くも遅れた。

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きょうはその電車が１時間近くも遅れた。

English Translation

The train was almost an hour behind schedule today.

Furigana

きょうはその電車(でんしゃ)が１時間(じかん)近(ちか)くも遅(おく)れた。

Romanji

Kyō wa sono densha ga ichi jikan chikaku mo okureta.

Words

京 (きょう、けい)

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha-uta; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000; ten quadrillion

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

電車 (でんしゃ)

train; electric train

が (が)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

近く (ちかく)

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue