始発のバスに乗るために、急いで朝食を食べました。

Sentence Analyzer

始発のばすに乗るために、急いで朝食を食べました。

English Translation

I had breakfast in haste in order to be in time for the first bus.

Furigana

始発(しはつ)のバスに乗(の)るために、急(いそ)いで朝食(ちょうしょく)を食(た)べました。

Romanji

Shihatsu no basu ni noru tameni, isoide chōshoku o tabemashita.

Words

始発 (しはつ)

first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

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

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

乗る (のる)

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; to reach; to go over; to pass; to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); to take part; to participate; to join; to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); to be deceived; to be taken in; to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; to stick; to attach; to take; to go on

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

急ぐ (いそぐ)

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

朝食 (ちょうしょく、あさげ、あさけ)

breakfast

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on