淡路で大地震があったというニュースを聞いた。

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English Translation

I heard the news that there had been a big earthquake in Awaji.

Furigana

淡路(あわじ)で大(だい)地震(じしん)があったというニュースを聞(き)いた。

Romanji

Awaji de dai jishin ga atta toiu nyu-su o kiita.

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.

大 (おお)

big; large

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

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

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

ニュース (ニュース、ニューズ)

news

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance