昨夜大火事があった。

昨夜大火事があった。

There was a big fire last night.

昨夜(さくや)大(だい)火事(かじ)があった。

Sakuya dai kaji ga atta.

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)

evening; last night

大 (おお)

big; large

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

Readings: ヤ、よ、よる

Meanings: night, evening

Readings: ダイ、タイ、おお-、おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

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