一連のできごとが戦争の勃発を引き起こした。

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一連 の できごと が 戦争 の 勃発 を 引き起こした 。

English Translation

A chain of events led to the outbreak of the war.

Furigana

一連(いちれん)のできごとが戦争(せんそう)の勃発(ぼっぱつ)を引(ひ)き起(お)こした。

Romanji

Ichiren no dekigoto ga sensō no boppatsu o hikiokoshita.

Words

一連 (いちれん)

series; chain; sequence; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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

が (が)

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

戦争 (せんそう)

war

勃発 (ぼっぱつ)

outbreak (e.g. war); outburst; sudden occurrence

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.

引き起こす (ひきおこす)

to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

Kanji

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

連

Readings: レン、 つら.なる、 つら.ねる、 つ.れる、 -づ.れ

Meanings: take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique

戦

Readings: セン、 いくさ、 たたか.う、 おのの.く、 そよ.ぐ、 わなな.く

Meanings: war, battle, match

争

Readings: ソウ、 あらそ.う、 いか.でか

Meanings: contend, dispute, argue

勃

Readings: ボツ、 ホツ、 おこ.る、 にわかに

Meanings: suddenness, rise

発

Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ

Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

引

Readings: イン、 ひ.く、 ひ.き、 ひ.き-、 -び.き、 ひ.ける

Meanings: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

起

Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ

Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up