委員会は事故の原因を調査した。

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委員会 は 事故 の 原因 を 調査した 。

English Translation

The committee inquired into the cause of the accident.

Furigana

委員会(いいんかい)は事故(じこ)の原因(げんいん)を調査(ちょうさ)した。

Romanji

Iinkai wa jiko no gen'in o chōsashita.

Words

委員会 (いいんかい)

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

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.

調査 (ちょうさ)

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

Kanji

委

Readings: イ、 ゆだ.ねる

Meanings: committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard

員

Reading: イン

Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge

会

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる

Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

原

Readings: ゲン、 はら

Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

因

Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む

Meanings: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to

調

Readings: チョウ、 しら.べる、 しら.べ、 ととの.う、 ととの.える

Meanings: tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate

査

Reading: サ

Meaning: investigate