ふとしたことでその新しい島の発見となった。

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English Translation

Chance led to the discovery of the new island.

Furigana

ふとしたことでその新(あたら)しい島(しま)の発見(はっけん)となった。

Romanji

Futoshita koto de sono atarashii shima no hakken to natta.

Words

ふとした (ふとした)

impulsive; unexpected; accidental; casual; inadvertent; on a whim

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

島 (しま)

island; territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf

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

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

新

Readings: シン、あたら.しい、あら.た、あら-、にい-

Meaning: new

島

Readings: トウ、しま

Meaning: island

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

見

Readings: ケン、み.る、み.える、み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible