きのう自動車事故があった。

きのう自動車事故があった。

There was a car accident yesterday.

きのう自動車(じどうしゃ)事故(じこ)があった。

Kinō jidōsha jiko ga atta.

機能 (きのう)

function; facility; faculty; feature

自動車 (じどうしゃ)

automobile

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

が (が)

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

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

Readings: ジ、シ、みずか.ら、おの.ずから、おの.ずと

Meaning: oneself

Readings: ドウ、うご.く、うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

Readings: シャ、くるま

Meaning: car

Readings: ジ、ズ、こと、つか.う、つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

Readings: コ、ゆえ、ふる.い、もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently