見知らぬ人が汽車の時間を尋ねた。

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見知らぬ人が汽車の時間を尋ねた。

English Translation

A stranger inquired about the train schedule.

Furigana

見知(みし)らぬ人(ひと)が汽車(きしゃ)の時間(じかん)を尋(たず)ねた。

Romanji

Mishiranu hito ga kisha no jikan o tazuneta.

Words

見知らぬ (みしらぬ)

strange; unfamiliar; unknown

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

汽車 (きしゃ)

train (sometimes specifically a steam train)

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

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

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.

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate