昨夜は近所で火事があって、眠れませんでした。

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English Translation

Last night there was a fire near here, and I couldn't sleep.

Furigana

昨夜(さくや)は近所(きんじょ)で火事(かじ)があって、眠(ねむ)れませんでした。

Romanji

Sakuya wa kinjo de kaji ga atte, nemuremasen deshita.

Words

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)

evening; last night

は (は)

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

近所 (きんじょ)

neighbourhood; neighborhood

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.

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

デス (デス)

death

Kanji

昨

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

夜

Readings: ヤ、よ、よる

Meanings: night, evening

近

Readings: キン、コン、ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

所

Readings: ショ、ところ、 -ところ、どころ、とこ

Meaning: place

火

Readings: カ、ひ、 -び、ほ-

Meaning: fire

事

Readings: ジ、ズ、こと、つか.う、つか.える

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

眠

Readings: ミン、ねむ.る、ねむ.い

Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy