マグニチュード５の地震が東京を見舞った。

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English Translation

An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Tokyo.

Furigana

マグニチュード５の地震(じしん)が東京(とうきょう)を見舞(みま)った。

Romanji

Magunichu-do go no jishin ga Tōkyō o mimatta.

Words

マグニチュード (マグニチュード)

magnitude

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

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

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

が (が)

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

東京 (とうきょう)

Tokyo

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.

見舞う (みまう)

to ask after (health); to visit