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Zach

わかりません。一瞬の出来事でしたから。

Sentence Analyzer

わかりません 一瞬 出来事 でした から

English Translation

I don't know. It all happened in an instant.

Furigana

わかりません。一瞬(いっしゅん)出来事(できごと)でしたから。

Romanji

Wakarimasen. isshun no dekigoto deshita kara.

Words

分かる (わかる)
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
一瞬 (いっしゅん)
moment; instant
()
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
出来事 (できごと、できこと)
incident; affair; happening; event
デス (デス)
death
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: シュン、 またた.く、 まじろ.ぐ
Meanings: wink, blink, twinkle
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly