田舎のバスは普通定刻にはやって来ない。

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田舎 の ばす は 普通 定刻 に は やって来ない 。

English Translation

Buses in the country do not usually come on time.

Furigana

田舎(いなか)のバスは普通(ふつう)定刻(ていこく)にはやって来(こ)ない。

Romanji

Inaka no basu wa futsū teikoku ni wa yattekonai.

Words

田舎 (いなか)

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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

バス (バス)

bus; bath; bass

は (は)

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

普通 (ふつう)

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

定刻 (ていこく)

appointed time; timetable; schedule

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

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

Kanji

田

Readings: デン、 た

Meanings: rice field, rice paddy

舎

Readings: シャ、 セキ、 やど.る

Meanings: cottage, inn, hut, house, mansion

普

Readings: フ、 あまね.く、 あまねし

Meanings: universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia

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.

定

Readings: テイ、 ジョウ、 さだ.める、 さだ.まる、 さだ.か

Meanings: determine, fix, establish, decide

刻

Readings: コク、 きざ.む、 きざ.み

Meanings: engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become