先日、東京の郊外で何か恐ろしいことが起こった。

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English Translation

The other day something horrible happened in a Tokyo suburb.

Furigana

先日(せんじつ)、東京(とうきょう)の郊外(こうがい)で何(なに)か恐(おそ)ろしいことが起(お)こった。

Romanji

Senjitsu, Tōkyō no kōgai de nani ka osoroshii koto ga okotta.

Words

先日 (せんじつ)

the other day; a few days ago

東京 (とうきょう)

Tokyo

の (の)

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

郊外 (こうがい)

suburb; outskirts

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

か (か)

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

恐ろしい (おそろしい)

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened; surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen