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

台風(たいふう)は発達(はったつ)しながら九州(きゅうしゅう)方面(ほうめん)に向(む)かっています。

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