死体は見分けがつかないほど焼けていた。

死体は見分けがつかないほど焼けていた。

The body had burned beyond recognition.

死体(したい)は見分(みわ)けがつかないほど焼(や)けていた。

Shitai wa miwake ga tsukanai hodo yaketeita.

死体 (したい)

dead body; corpse; cadaver

は (は)

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

見分け (みわけ)

distinction

が (が)

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

点く (つく)

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

焼ける (やける)

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset); to be jealous; to be envious

Readings: シ、し.ぬ、し.に-

Meanings: death, die

Readings: タイ、テイ、からだ、かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

Readings: ケン、み.る、み.える、み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

Readings: ブン、フン、ブ、わ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる、わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

Readings: ショウ、や.く、や.き、や.き-、 -や.き、や.ける

Meanings: bake, burning