溺死事件が数件あった。

溺死事件が数件あった。

There were several deaths from drowning.

溺死(できし)事件(じけん)が数(すう)件(けん)あった。

Dekishi jiken ga sū ken atta.

溺死 (できし)

death by drowning

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

が (が)

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

件 (けん)

matter; case; item; affair; subject

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Readings: デキ、ジョウ、ニョウ、いばり、おぼ.れる

Meanings: drown, indulge

Readings: シ、し.ぬ、し.に-

Meanings: death, die

Readings: ジ、ズ、こと、つか.う、つか.える

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

Readings: ケン、くだん

Meanings: affair, case, matter, item

Readings: スウ、ス、サク、ソク、シュ、かず、かぞ.える、しばしば、せ.める、わずらわ.しい

Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures