調べを進めるうちに、頭蓋骨が、何か重い一撃を受けて打ち砕かれているのが明らかになった。

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English Translation

Closer examination revealed that the skull had been crushed by some heavy blow.

Furigana

調(しら)べを進(すす)めるうちに、頭蓋骨(ずがいこつ)が、何(なに)か重(おも)い一撃(いちげき)を受(う)けて打(う)ち砕(くだ)かれているのが明(あき)らかになった。

Romanji

Shirabe o susumeru uchini, zugaikotsu ga, nani ka omoi ichigeki o ukete uchikudakareteiru no ga akiraka ni natta.

Words

調べ (しらべ)

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

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.

進める (すすめる)

to advance; to promote; to hasten

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

頭蓋骨 (ずがいこつ、とうがいこつ)

skull; cranium

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!

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

重い (おもい)

heavy; weighty; massive; heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy; slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy; important; serious; grave; serious; severe; critical; solid; established; dignified; sensible

一撃 (いちげき)

blow; hit; poke

受ける (うける)

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge); to be given (e.g. life, talent); to follow; to succeed; to be descended from; to face (south, etc.); to be modified by; to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee; to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well

打ち砕く (うちくだく、ぶちくだく)

to smash; to crush

の (の)

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

明らか (あきらか)

obvious; evident; clear; plain

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...