その事件はどうして起こったのか。
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English Translation
How did the accident come about?
Furigana
その事件 はどうして起 こったのか。
Romanji
Sono jiken wa dōshite okotta no 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...
事件
(じけん)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
如何して
(どうして)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for
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