彼が殺されたことを新聞で知った。

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彼 が 殺された こと を 新聞 で 知った 。

English Translation

I read in the newspaper that he had been murdered.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が殺(ころ)されたことを新聞(しんぶん)で知(し)った。

Romanji

Kare ga korosareta koto o shinbun de shitta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

殺す (ころす)

to kill

事 (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

を (を)

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.

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

殺

Readings: サツ、 サイ、 セツ、 ころ.す、 -ごろ.し、 そ.ぐ

Meanings: kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil

新

Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-

Meaning: new

聞

Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる

Meanings: hear, ask, listen

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom