起こるべくして起こった事故だった。

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起こる べく して 起こった 事故 だった 。

English Translation

It was an accident that was waiting to happen.

Furigana

起(お)こるべくして起(お)こった事故(じこ)だった。

Romanji

Okoru beku shite okotta jiko datta.

Words

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

起

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

Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up

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