ハイウエイで事故が起きた。

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ハイウエイ で 事故 が 起きた 。

English Translation

The accident took place on the highway.

Furigana

ハイウエイで事故(じこ)が起(お)きた。

Romanji

Haiuei de jiko ga okita.

Words

ハイウエー (ハイウエー、ハイウェイ、ハイウェー、ハイウエイ)

highway

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.

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

が (が)

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

起きる (おきる)

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

Kanji

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

起

Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ

Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up