新聞によれば、昨夜地震があったそうだ。

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新聞によれば、昨夜地震があったそうだ。

English Translation

According to the paper, there was an earthquake last night.

Furigana

新聞(しんぶん)によれば、昨夜(さくや)地震(じしん)があったそうだ。

Romanji

Shinbun ni yoreba, sakuya jishin ga atta sō da.

Words

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

に (に)

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

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)

evening; last night

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

が (が)

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

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative