このことは家が沈み始め、道路が裂けて街灯が途方もない角度に傾きつつあることを意味する。

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English Translation

This means that houses are starting to sink, roads are breaking up and lamp-posts are leaning at crazy angles.

Furigana

このことは家(いえ)が沈(しず)み始(はじ)め、道路(どうろ)が裂(さ)けて街灯(がいとう)が途方(とほう)もない角度(かくど)に傾(かたむ)きつつあることを意味(いみ)する。

Romanji

Kono koto wa ie ga shizumihajime, dōro ga sakete gaitō ga tohō mo nai kakudo ni katamuki tsutsu aru koto o imisuru.

Words

此の (この)

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

は (は)

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

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

が (が)

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

沈む (しずむ)

to sink; to go under; to submerge; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend; to feel depressed

道路 (どうろ)

road; highway

裂ける (さける)

to split; to tear; to burst

街灯 (がいとう)

street light

途方 (とほう)

way; destination; reason

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

角度 (かくど)

angle

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

傾く (かたむく、かたぶく)

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline

つつ (つつ)

while; even though; despite

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

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.

意味 (いみ)

meaning; significance