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汽船と汽車ではどちらが速く走りますか。

Sentence Analyzer

汽船 汽車 どちら 速く 走ります

English Translation

Which goes faster, a ship or a train?

Furigana

汽船(きせん)汽車(きしゃ)ではどちらが(はや)(はし)りますか。

Romanji

Kisen to kisha de wa dochira ga hayaku hashirimasu ka.

Words

汽船 (きせん)
steamship; steamboat; steamer
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
汽車 (きしゃ)
train (sometimes specifically a steam train)
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
何方 (どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)
which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
早い (はやい)
fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick
走る (はしる)
to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Reading: 
Meanings: vapor, steam
Readings: セン、 ふね、 ふな-
Meanings: ship, boat
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: ソク、 はや.い、 はや-、 はや.める、 すみ.やか
Meanings: quick, fast
Readings: ソウ、 はし.る
Meaning: run