道路が凍っていて多くの事故が起きた。

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道路 が 凍っていて 多く の 事故 が 起きた 。

English Translation

Many accidents resulted from the icy conditions of the road.

Furigana

道路(どうろ)が凍(こお)っていて多(おお)くの事故(じこ)が起(お)きた。

Romanji

Dōro ga kōtteite ōku no jiko ga okita.

Words

道路 (どうろ)

road; highway

が (が)

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

凍る (こおる)

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

起きる (おきる)

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

Kanji

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

路

Readings: ロ、 ル、 -じ、 みち

Meanings: path, route, road, distance

凍

Readings: トウ、 こお.る、 こご.える、 こご.る、 い.てる、 し.みる

Meanings: frozen, congeal, refrigerate

多

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る

Meanings: many, frequent, much

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

起

Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ

Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up