近い将来日本に大地震が起こるかもしれない。

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English Translation

In the near future, we may have a big earthquake in Japan.

Furigana

近(ちか)い将来(しょうらい)日本(にっぽん)に大(だい)地震(じしん)が起(お)こるかもしれない。

Romanji

Chikai shōrai Nippon ni dai jishin ga okoru kamo shirenai.

Words

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)

将来 (しょうらい)

future (usually near); prospects

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

大 (おお)

big; large

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

が (が)

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

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe