昔は偶然ぶつかったことが発明となった例が多い。

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English Translation

In early times, inventions were often stumbled upon by accident.

Furigana

昔(むかし)は偶然(ぐうぜん)ぶつかったことが発明(はつめい)となった例(れい)が多(おお)い。

Romanji

Mukashi wa gūzen butsukatta koto ga hatsumei to natta rei ga ōi.

Words

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

偶然 (ぐうぜん)

(by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity; by coincidence

打つかる (ぶつかる)

to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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

発明 (はつめい)

invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

例 (れい)

custom; practice; habit; usual; said; aforementioned; instance; example; case; illustration; usage; precedent

多い (おおい)

many; numerous