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30階建の超高層ビルが突然爆発炎上した。

Sentence Analyzer

高層 びる 突然 爆発 炎上した

English Translation

All of a sudden, the thirty-story skyscraper went up in flames.

Furigana

30(かい)(けん)(ちょう)高層(こうそう)ビルが突然(とつぜん)爆発(ばくはつ)炎上(えんじょう)した。

Romanji

San zero kai ken no chō kōsō biru ga totsuzen bakuhatsu enjōshita.

Words

(さん、み)
three; tri-
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
(かい)
storey; story; floor; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
建て (たて)
contract; commitment
()
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
(ちょう、チョー)
super-; ultra-; hyper-; very; really; over (after a number or counter); more than
高層 (こうそう)
multistory; multistoried; high-rise; high; tall
ビル (ビル)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
突然 (とつぜん)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
爆発 (ばくはつ)
explosion; detonation; eruption
炎上 (えんじょう)
blazing up; destruction of a large building by fire; flood of comments to a blog, exceeding what the blog's owner can answer

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 きざはし
Meanings: storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
Readings: ケン、 コン、 た.てる、 た.て、 -だ.て、 た.つ
Meaning: build
Readings: チョウ、 こ.える、 こ.す
Meanings: transcend, super-, ultra-
Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive
Reading: ソウ
Meanings: stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く
Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden
Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ
Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Readings: バク、 は.ぜる
Meanings: bomb, burst open, pop, split
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: エン、 ほのお
Meanings: inflammation, flame, blaze
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up