昨晩火事があった。

昨晩火事があった。

A fire broke out last night.

昨晩(さくばん)火事(かじ)があった。

Sakuban kaji ga atta.

昨晩 (さくばん)

last night

火事 (かじ)

fire; conflagration

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

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

Reading: バン

Meanings: nightfall, night

Readings: カ、ひ、 -び、ほ-

Meaning: fire

Readings: ジ、ズ、こと、つか.う、つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly