火災で郵便列車は郵便物の大半を焼失した。

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English Translation

The mail train lost most of its mail in the fire.

Furigana

火災(かさい)で郵便(ゆうびん)列車(れっしゃ)は郵便物(ゆうびんぶつ)の大半(たいはん)を焼失(しょうしつ)した。

Romanji

Kasai de yūbin ressha wa yūbinbutsu no taihan o shōshitsushita.

Words

火災 (かさい)

conflagration; fire

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.

郵便 (ゆうびん)

mail service; postal service; mail; post; mail; postal matter; postal items

列車 (れっしゃ)

train (ordinary)

は (は)

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

郵便物 (ゆうびんぶつ)

mail; postal matter; postal items

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

大半 (たいはん)

majority; mostly; generally

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.

焼失 (しょうしつ)

being destroyed by fire