日本の家屋は木造で、火がつきやすい。

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日本の家屋は木造で、火がつきやすい。

English Translation

Japanese houses are built of wood and they catch fire easily.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の家屋(かおく)は木造(もくぞう)で、火(ひ)がつきやすい。

Romanji

Nippon no kaoku wa mokuzō de, hi ga tsuki yasui.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

家屋 (かおく)

house; building

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

木造 (もくぞう)

wooden; made of wood

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.

火 (ひ)

fire; flame; blaze

が (が)

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

点く (つく)

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire

易い (やすい)

easy; likely to ..., have a tendency to ...; easy to ...