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彼女は事故の事を聞いて泣き崩れた。

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彼女 事故 聞いて 泣き崩れた

English Translation

She broke down when she heard about the accident.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)事故(じこ)(こと)()いて()(くず)れた。

Romanji

Kanojo wa jiko no koto o kiite nakikuzureta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
()
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
(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
()
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.
聞く (きく)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance
泣き崩れる (なきくずれる)
to break down crying

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
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
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen
Readings: キュウ、 な.く
Meanings: cry, weep, moan
Readings: ホウ、 くず.れる、 -くず.れ、 くず.す
Meanings: crumble, die, demolish, level