私たちの車は１０分後にガソリンがきれてしまった。

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English Translation

Our car ran out of petrol after ten minutes.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちの車(くるま)は１０分後(ふんご)にガソリンがきれてしまった。

Romanji

Watashitachi no kuruma wa ichi zero fungo ni gasorin ga kireteshimatta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

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

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

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

ガソリン (ガソリン)

gasoline; petrol

が (が)

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

切れる (きれる)

to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst; to collapse; to wear off; to stop working; to go dead; to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due; to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of; to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected; to cut well; to be sharp; to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able; to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time); to dry off; to curve; to veer; to shuffle (cards); to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip; to be able to do completely

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

車

Readings: シャ、くるま

Meaning: car

分

Readings: ブン、フン、ブ、わ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる、わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

後

Readings: ゴ、コウ、のち、うし.ろ、うしろ、あと、おく.れる

Meanings: behind, back, later