大都会では殺人はごく普通のことだ。

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大都会では殺人はごく普通のことだ。

English Translation

Murders are very common in big cities.

Furigana

大(だい)都会(とかい)では殺人(さつじん)はごく普通(ふつう)のことだ。

Romanji

Dai tokai de wa satsujin wa goku futsū no koto da.

Words

大 (おお)

big; large

都会 (とかい)

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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.

は (は)

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

殺人 (さつじん)

murder

極 (ごく)

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

普通 (ふつう)

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

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

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative