台風は発達しながら九州方面に向かっています。
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English Translation
The typhoon is gaining strength as it heads for Kyushu.
Furigana
Romanji
Taifū wa hattatsushi nagara Kyūshū hōmen ni mukatteimasu.
Words
台風
(たいふう)
typhoon; hurricane
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
発達
(はったつ)
development; growth
乍ら
(ながら)
while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")
九州
(きゅうしゅう)
Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
方面
(ほうめん)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study)
に
(に)
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
向かう
(むかう)
to face; to go towards
Kanji
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 うてな、 われ、 つかさ
Meanings: pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
Readings: フウ、 フ、 かぜ、 かざ-、 -かぜ
Meanings: wind, air, style, manner
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: タツ、 ダ、 -たち
Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain
Readings: キュウ、 ク、 ここの、 ここの.つ
Meaning: nine
Readings: シュウ、 ス、 す
Meanings: state, province
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い
Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach