東京駅での鉄道事故はどうして起こったのですか。

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English Translation

How did the railway accident at Tokyo Station come about?

Furigana

東京駅(とうきょうえき)での鉄道(てつどう)事故(じこ)はどうして起(お)こったのですか。

Romanji

Tōkyōeki de no tetsudō jiko wa dōshite okotta no desu ka.

Words

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.

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

鉄道 (てつどう)

railroad; railway; rail transport

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

は (は)

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

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

です (です)

be; is

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