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大きな木に稲妻が落ちた。

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大きな 稲妻 落ちた

English Translation

The big tree was struck by lightning.

Furigana

(おお)きな()稲妻(いなづま)()ちた。

Romanji

Ōkina ki ni inazuma ga ochita.

Words

大きな (おおきな)
big; large; great
()
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
稲妻 (いなずま、いなづま)
(flash of) lightning
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
落ちる (おちる)
to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined; to go under; to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; to come to (in the end); to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent; to understand; to crash; to freeze; to die; to move to the depths

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ボク、 モク、 き、 こ-
Meanings: tree, wood
Readings: トウ、 テ、 いね、 いな-
Meaning: rice plant
Readings: サイ、 つま
Meanings: wife, spouse
Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet