私は車を運転するときはいつも自分を守るためにシートベルトをする。

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English Translation

Whenever I drive, I fasten my seat belt to protect myself.

Furigana

私(わたし)は車(くるま)を運転(うんてん)するときはいつも自分(じぶん)を守(まも)るためにシートベルトをする。

Romanji

Watashi wa kuruma o untensuru toki wa itsumo jibun o mamoru tameni shi-toberuto o suru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

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.

運転 (うんてん)

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

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

守る (まもる)

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

シートベルト (シートベルト、シート・ベルト)

seat belt; seatbelt

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to