１８歳のとき、自動車の運転を習って、免許を取りました。

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English Translation

I learned to drive a car and got a driver's license when I was eighteen.

Furigana

１８歳(さい)のとき、自動車(じどうしゃ)の運転(うんてん)を習(なら)って、免許(めんきょ)を取(と)りました。

Romanji

Ichi hachi sai no toki, jidōsha no unten o naratte, menkyo o torimashita.

Words

一 (いち)

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

八 (はち、や)

eight

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

の (の)

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

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

自動車 (じどうしゃ)

automobile

運転 (うんてん)

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run; driving; working (capital, etc.)

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.

習う (ならう)

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

免許 (めんきょ)

license; permit; licence; certificate

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play