その事故はどんなふうにして起こったのですか。

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English Translation

How did the accident come about?

Furigana

その事故(じこ)はどんなふうにして起(お)こったのですか。

Romanji

Sono jiko wa donna fū ni shite okotta no desu ka.

Words

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...

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

どんな (どんな)

what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)

風 (ふう)

method; manner; way; style; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing); wind (one of the five elements)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

です (です)

be; is

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

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