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交通事故が幹線道路で起こった。

Sentence Analyzer

交通 事故 幹線 道路 起こった

English Translation

The traffic accident took place on the main highway.

Furigana

交通(こうつう)事故(じこ)幹線(かんせん)道路(どうろ)()こった。

Romanji

Kōtsū jiko ga kansen dōro de okotta.

Words

交通 (こうつう)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
幹線 (かんせん)
main line; trunk line
道路 (どうろ)
road; highway
(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.
起こる (おこる)
to occur; to happen

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも
Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Readings: カン、 みき
Meaning: tree trunk
Readings: セン、 すじ
Meanings: line, track
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: ロ、 ル、 -じ、 みち
Meanings: path, route, road, distance
Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up