この悲劇の本当の原因は何ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

この 悲劇 の 本当 の 原因 は 何 です か 。

English Translation

What is the real cause of this tragedy?

Furigana

この悲劇(ひげき)の本当(ほんとう)の原因(げんいん)は何(なに)ですか。

Romanji

Kono higeki no hontō no gen'in wa nani desu ka.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

悲劇 (ひげき)

tragedy; disaster

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

本当 (ほんとう、ほんと)

truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

は (は)

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

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

悲

Readings: ヒ、 かな.しい、 かな.しむ

Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret

劇

Reading: ゲキ

Meanings: drama, play

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

当

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

原

Readings: ゲン、 はら

Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

因

Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む

Meanings: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to

何

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-

Meaning: what