地震が火災を引き起こした。

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地震が火災を引き起こした。

English Translation

The earthquake brought about the fire.

Furigana

地震(じしん)が火災(かさい)を引(ひ)き起(お)こした。

Romanji

Jishin ga kasai o hikiokoshita.

Words

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

が (が)

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

火災 (かさい)

conflagration; fire

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

引き起こす (ひきおこす)

to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)