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台風12号は九州地方を直撃するだろうか。

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台風 九州 地方 直撃する だろう

English Translation

Will Typhoon No. 12 hit the Kyushu district?

Furigana

台風(たいふう)12(ごう)九州(きゅうしゅう)地方(ちほう)直撃(ちょくげき)するだろうか。

Romanji

Taifū ichi ni gō wa Kyūshū chihō o chokugekisuru darou ka.

Words

台風 (たいふう)
typhoon; hurricane
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
(ごう)
number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group; sobriquet; pen-name
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
九州 (きゅうしゅう)
Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
地方 (ちほう)
district; region; area; locality; the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area
()
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.
直撃 (ちょくげき)
direct hit
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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: ゴウ、 さけ.ぶ、 よびな
Meanings: nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
Readings: キュウ、 ク、 ここの、 ここの.つ
Meaning: nine
Readings: シュウ、 ス、 す
Meanings: state, province
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: チョク、 ジキ、 ジカ、 ただ.ちに、 なお.す、 -なお.す、 なお.る、 なお.き、 す.ぐ
Meanings: straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
Readings: ゲキ、 う.つ
Meanings: beat, attack, defeat, conquer