いくつかのミスが重なってその事故が起こった。

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いくつ か の みす が 重なって その 事故 が 起こった 。

English Translation

A combination of several mistakes led to the accident.

Furigana

いくつかのミスが重(かさ)なってその事故(じこ)が起(お)こった。

Romanji

Ikutsu ka no misu ga kasanatte sono jiko ga okotta.

Words

幾つ (いくつ)

how many?; how old?

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

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

ミス (ミス)

mistake; error; failure; Miss; myth

が (が)

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

主なる (おもなる)

main; principal; important

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...

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

Kanji

重

Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも

Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

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

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

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

起

Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ

Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up