ゆうべこの町に火事があったが、燃え出した正確な時刻はわからない。

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English Translation

There was a fire in this city last night. We can't tell exactly what time it broke out.

Furigana

ゆうべこの町(まち)に火事(かじ)があったが、燃(も)え出(だ)した正確(せいかく)な時刻(じこく)はわからない。

Romanji

Yūbe kono machi ni kaji ga atta ga, moedashita seikakuna jikoku wa wakaranai.

Words

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)

evening; last night

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

町 (まち、ちょう)

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

火事 (かじ)

fire; conflagration

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

燃える (もえる)

to burn; to get fired up

正確 (せいかく)

accurate; punctual; exact; authentic; veracious

時刻 (じこく)

instant; time; moment

は (は)

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

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