その王の死は戦争を引き起こした。

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その王の死は戦争を引き起こした。

English Translation

The death of the king brought about a war.

Furigana

その王(おう)の死(し)は戦争(せんそう)を引(ひ)き起(お)こした。

Romanji

Sono ō no shi wa sensō o hikiokoshita.

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...

王 (おう)

king; ruler; sovereign; monarch; tycoon; magnate; champion; master; king

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

死 (し)

death; decease; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)

は (は)

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

戦争 (せんそう)

war

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)