新聞に飛行機が消息を絶ったと書いてあった。

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English Translation

The newspaper said that contact with the plane had been lost.

Furigana

新聞(しんぶん)に飛行機(ひこうき)が消息(しょうそく)を絶(た)ったと書(か)いてあった。

Romanji

Shinbun ni hikōki ga shōsoku o tatta to kaiteatta.

Words

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

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

飛行機 (ひこうき)

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

が (が)

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

消息 (しょうそく、しょうそこ)

news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

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.

断つ (たつ)

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to abstain (from)

と (と)

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

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint