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Zach

ゆうべこの町に火事があった。

Sentence Analyzer

ゆうべ この 火事 あった

English Translation

There was a fire in this city last night.

Furigana

ゆうべこの(まち)火事(かじ)があった。

Romanji

Yūbe kono machi ni kaji ga atta.

Words

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)
evening; last night
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(まち、ちょう)
town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
()
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
火事 (かじ)
fire; conflagration
()
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

Kanji

Readings: チョウ、 まち
Meanings: town, village, block, street
Readings: カ、 ひ、 -び、 ほ-
Meaning: fire
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly