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多くの都市が爆弾によって破壊された。

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多く 都市 爆弾 によって 破壊された

English Translation

Many cities were destroyed by bombs.

Furigana

(おお)くの都市(とし)爆弾(ばくだん)によって破壊(はかい)された。

Romanji

Ōku no toshi ga bakudan niyotte hakaisareta.

Words

多く (おおく)
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
()
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
都市 (とし)
town; city; municipal; urban
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
爆弾 (ばくだん、バクダン)
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shochu highball, also beer with whiskey)
に因って (によって)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
破壊 (はかい)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash

Kanji

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: ト、 ツ、 みやこ
Meanings: metropolis, capital
Readings: シ、 いち
Meanings: market, city, town
Readings: バク、 は.ぜる
Meanings: bomb, burst open, pop, split
Readings: ダン、 タン、 ひ.く、 -ひ.き、 はず.む、 たま、 はじ.く、 はじ.ける、 ただ.す、 はじ.きゆみ
Meanings: bullet, twang, flip, snap
Readings: ハ、 やぶ.る、 やぶ.れる、 わ.れる
Meanings: rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate
Readings: カイ、 エ、 こわ.す、 こわ.れる、 やぶ.る
Meanings: demolition, break, destroy