どうしてこの危険な状況が起こったのか。

Sentence Analyzer

どうして この 危険な 状況 が 起こった の か 。

English Translation

How did this dangerous state come about?

Furigana

どうしてこの危険(きけん)な状況(じょうきょう)が起(お)こったのか。

Romanji

Dōshite kono kikenna jōkyō ga okotta no ka.

Words

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

此の (この)

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

危険 (きけん)

danger; peril; hazard; risk

状況 (じょうきょう)

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

が (が)

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

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

危

Readings: キ、 あぶ.ない、 あや.うい、 あや.ぶむ

Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy

険

Readings: ケン、 けわ.しい

Meanings: precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes

状

Reading: ジョウ

Meanings: status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance

況

Readings: キョウ、 まし.て、 いわ.んや、 おもむき

Meanings: condition, situation

起

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

Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up