彼が車をバックさせようとして電柱にぶつけたとき、彼の車をひどく壊れた。

Sentence Analyzer

彼が車をばっくさせようとして電柱にぶつけたとき、彼の車をひどく壊れた。

English Translation

His car was seriously damaged when he backed into a telephone pole.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が車(くるま)をバックさせようとして電柱(でんちゅう)にぶつけたとき、彼(かれ)の車(くるま)をひどく壊(こわ)れた。

Romanji

Kare ga kuruma o bakkusaseyou toshite denchū ni butsuketa toki, kare no kuruma o hidoku kowareta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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.

バック (バック)

back; to go backwards; to reverse; to refund a customer; doggy style (sexual position)

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

電柱 (でんちゅう)

telephone pole; telegraph pole; lightpole

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

打付ける (ぶつける、ぶっつける、ぶちつける)

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to crash into; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

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

酷い (ひどい)

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

壊れる (こわれる)

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing