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彼らはその建設が始まる時困った事が起きるだろうと思っている。

Sentence Analyzer

彼ら その 建設 始まる 困った 起きる だろう 思っている

English Translation

They are anticipating trouble when the construction starts.

Furigana

(かれ)らはその建設(けんせつ)(はじ)まる(とき)(こま)った(こと)()きるだろうと(おも)っている。

Romanji

Karera wa sono kensetsu ga hajimaru toki komatta koto ga okiru darou to omotteiru.

Words

彼ら (かれら)
they (usually male); them
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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...
建設 (けんせつ)
construction; establishment
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
始まる (はじまる)
to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
(とき)
time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense
困る (こまる)
to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped
(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
起きる (おきる)
to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ケン、 コン、 た.てる、 た.て、 -だ.て、 た.つ
Meaning: build
Readings: セツ、 もう.ける
Meanings: establishment, provision, prepare
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: コン、 こま.る
Meanings: quandary, become distressed, annoyed
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think