鳥は時たま、飛行機の障害となって事故の原因となることがある。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

Birds sometimes cause accidents by getting in the way of airplanes.

Furigana

鳥(とり)は時(とき)たま、飛行機(ひこうき)の障害(しょうがい)となって事故(じこ)の原因(げんいん)となることがある。

Romanji

Tori wa tokitama, hikōki no shōgai to natte jiko no gen'in to naru koto ga aru.

Words

鳥 (とり)

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

は (は)

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

時たま (ときたま)

once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals

飛行機 (ひこうき)

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

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

障害 (しょうがい、しょうげ)

obstacle; impediment; hindrance; difficulty; barrier; handicap; impairment; disability; disorder; malfunction

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

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