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交通信号が見分けられないほどだった。

Sentence Analyzer

交通 信号 見分けられない ほど だった

English Translation

I could hardly make out the traffic lights.

Furigana

交通(こうつう)信号(しんごう)見分(みわ)けられないほどだった。

Romanji

Kōtsū shingō ga miwakerarenai hodo datta.

Words

交通 (こうつう)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
信号 (しんごう)
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
見分ける (みわける)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually); to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも
Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
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.
Reading: シン
Meanings: faith, truth, fidelity, trust
Readings: ゴウ、 さけ.ぶ、 よびな
Meanings: nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
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