その惨事を引き起こした火事は病院の２階から出火した。

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English Translation

The fire, which caused the disaster, broke out on the second floor of the hospital.

Furigana

その惨事(さんじ)を引(ひ)き起(お)こした火事(かじ)は病院(びょういん)の２階(かい)から出火(しゅっか)した。

Romanji

Sono sanji o hikiokoshita kaji wa byōin no ni kai kara shukkashita.

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...

惨事 (さんじ)

disaster; horrible accident

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.

引き起こす (ひきおこす)

to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

火事 (かじ)

fire; conflagration

は (は)

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

病院 (びょういん)

hospital

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

階 (かい)

storey; story; floor; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

出火 (しゅっか)

outbreak of fire