消防士がその火事を消すのにほとんど２時間かかった。

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English Translation

It took the fireman almost two hours to put out the fire.

Furigana

消防士(しょうぼうし)がその火事(かじ)を消(け)すのにほとんど２時間(じかん)かかった。

Romanji

Shōbōshi ga sono kaji o kesu no ni hotondo ni jikan kakatta.

Words

消防士 (しょうぼうし)

fireman; firefighter

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

火事 (かじ)

fire; conflagration

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

消す (けす)

to erase; to delete; to cross out; to turn off power; to extinguish; to put out; to bump off

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

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

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

罹る (かかる)

to suffer from