あの交差点で何が起こったのか。

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あの 交差点 で 何 が 起こった の か 。

English Translation

What happened at that crossing?

Furigana

あの交差点(こうさてん)で何(なに)が起(お)こったのか。

Romanji

Ano kōsaten de nani ga okotta no ka.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

交差点 (こうさてん)

crossing; intersection

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

何 (なに、なん)

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

が (が)

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

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

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

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

交

Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも

Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going

差

Readings: サ、 さ.す、 さ.し

Meanings: distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance

点

Readings: テン、 つ.ける、 つ.く、 た.てる、 さ.す、 とぼ.す、 とも.す、 ぼち

Meanings: spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point

何

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-

Meaning: what

起

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

Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up