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突然火災警報機が鳴った。

Sentence Analyzer

突然 火災 警報機 鳴った

English Translation

All of a sudden, the fire alarm went off.

Furigana

突然(とつぜん)火災(かさい)警報機(けいほうき)()った。

Romanji

Totsuzen kasai keihōki ga natta.

Words

突然 (とつぜん)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
火災 (かさい)
conflagration; fire
警報器 (けいほうき)
alarm (fire, burglar, etc.); sensor
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
鳴る (なる)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

Kanji

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く
Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden
Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ
Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Readings: カ、 ひ、 -び、 ほ-
Meaning: fire
Readings: サイ、 わざわ.い
Meanings: disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Readings: ホウ、 むく.いる
Meanings: report, news, reward, retribution
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: メイ、 な.く、 な.る、 な.らす
Meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk