今月は殺人事件が２件あった。

今月は殺人事件が２件あった。

There were two murders this month.

今月(こんげつ)は殺人(さつじん)事件(じけん)が２件(けん)あった。

Kongetsu wa satsujin jiken ga ni ken atta.

今月 (こんげつ)

this month

は (は)

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

殺人 (さつじん)

murder

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

件 (けん)

matter; case; item; affair; subject

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

Readings: コン、キン、いま

Meaning: now

Readings: ゲツ、ガツ、つき

Meanings: month, moon

Readings: サツ、サイ、セツ、ころ.す、 -ごろ.し、そ.ぐ

Meanings: kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil

Readings: ジン、ニン、ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

Readings: ジ、ズ、こと、つか.う、つか.える

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

Readings: ケン、くだん

Meanings: affair, case, matter, item