爆発で通行人が何人か死んだ。

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爆発で通行人が何人か死んだ。

English Translation

The explosion killed several passers-by.

Furigana

爆発(ばくはつ)で通行人(つうこうにん)が何(なん)人(にん)か死(し)んだ。

Romanji

Bakuhatsu de tsūkōnin ga nan nin ka shinda.

Words

爆発 (ばくはつ)

explosion; detonation; eruption

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.

通行人 (つうこうにん)

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

が (が)

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop