今朝のテレビで、あなたの地域で大火災があったことを知り、驚いています。

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English Translation

From the telecast this morning, I have learned to my shock that a big fire hit your area.

Furigana

今朝(けさ)のテレビで、あなたの地域(ちいき)で大(だい)火災(かさい)があったことを知(し)り、驚(おどろ)いています。

Romanji

Kesa no terebi de, anata no chiiki de dai kasai ga atta koto o shiri, odoroiteimasu.

Words

今朝 (けさ、こんちょう)

this morning

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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.

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

地域 (ちいき)

area; region

大 (おお)

big; large

火災 (かさい)

conflagration; fire

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished