地震のあと小さなゆれが何回かあった。

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地震のあと小さなゆれが何回かあった。

English Translation

Several slight shocks followed the earthquake.

Furigana

地震(じしん)のあと小(ちい)さなゆれが何(なん)回(かい)かあった。

Romanji

Jishin no ato chiisana yure ga nan kai ka atta.

Words

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

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

後 (あと)

behind; rear; after; later; after one's death; remainder; the rest; descendant; successor; heir; past; previous; more (e.g. five more minutes); left

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

揺れる (ゆれる)

to shake; to sway

が (が)

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

回 (かい)

counter for occurrences; counter for games, rounds, etc.; counter for innings (baseball); Islam; Hui (people)

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

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