その建物の一部分だけが地震で破壊された。

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English Translation

Only part of the building has been destroyed by the earthquake.

Furigana

その建物(たてもの)の一部分(いちぶぶん)だけが地震(じしん)で破壊(はかい)された。

Romanji

Sono tatemono no ichibubun dake ga jishin de hakaisareta.

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...

建物 (たてもの)

building

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

一部分 (いちぶぶん)

part; portion; section

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

が (が)

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

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

破壊 (はかい)

destruction; disruption; (application) crash