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新聞報道によれば昨日飛行機事故があった模様である。

Sentence Analyzer

新聞 報道 よれば 昨日 飛行機 事故 あった 模様 ある

English Translation

According to newspaper reports, there was an airplane accident last evening.

Furigana

新聞(しんぶん)報道(ほうどう)によれば昨日(きのう)飛行機(ひこうき)事故(じこ)があった模様(もよう)である。

Romanji

Shinbun hōdō ni yoreba kinō hikōki jiko ga atta moyō de aru.

Words

新聞 (しんぶん)
newspaper
報道 (ほうどう)
information; report; journalism; news; to report
()
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
因る (よる)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at
昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)
yesterday
飛行機 (ひこうき)
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
模様 (もよう)
pattern; figure; design; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model; pattern; example; indicates that that noun seems likely (e.g. rain or storm)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen
Readings: ホウ、 むく.いる
Meanings: report, news, reward, retribution
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ヒ、 と.ぶ、 と.ばす、 -と.ばす
Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Readings: モ、 ボ
Meanings: imitation, copy, mock
Readings: ヨウ、 ショウ、 さま、 さん
Meanings: Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix