車の代金を現金で半額支払った。

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車 の 代金 を 現金 で 半額 支払った 。

English Translation

I paid fifty percent down for the car.

Furigana

車(くるま)の代金(だいきん)を現金(げんきん)で半額(はんがく)支払(しはら)った。

Romanji

Kuruma no daikin o genkin de hangaku shiharatta.

Words

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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

代金 (だいきん)

price; payment; cost; charge; the money; the bill

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.

現金 (げんきん)

cash; ready money; money on hand; currency; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

半額 (はんがく)

half; half amount; half fare

支払う (しはらう)

to pay

Kanji

車

Readings: シャ、 くるま

Meaning: car

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

金

Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね

Meaning: gold

現

Readings: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ

Meanings: present, existing, actual

半

Readings: ハン、 なか.ば

Meanings: half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

額

Readings: ガク、 ひたい

Meanings: forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume

支

Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う

Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

払

Readings: フツ、 ヒツ、 ホツ、 はら.う、 -はら.い、 -ばら.い

Meanings: pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of