昨日高速道路でひどい事故があった。

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昨日 高速 道路 で ひどい 事故 が あった 。

English Translation

Yesterday, there was a terrible accident on the highway.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)高速(こうそく)道路(どうろ)でひどい事故(じこ)があった。

Romanji

Kinō kōsoku dōro de hidoi jiko ga atta.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

高速 (こうそく)

high speed; high gear; highway; freeway; expressway; motorway

道路 (どうろ)

road; highway

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

酷い (ひどい)

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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

Kanji

昨

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

高

Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める

Meanings: tall, high, expensive

速

Readings: ソク、 はや.い、 はや-、 はや.める、 すみ.やか

Meanings: quick, fast

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

路

Readings: ロ、 ル、 -じ、 みち

Meanings: path, route, road, distance

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

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

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently