ミサイル攻撃で多くの人命が失われた。

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ミサイル 攻撃 で 多く の 人命 が 失われた 。

English Translation

The missile attack took a heavy toll of lives.

Furigana

ミサイル攻撃(こうげき)で多(おお)くの人命(じんめい)が失(うしな)われた。

Romanji

Misairu kōgeki de ōku no jinmei ga ushinawareta.

Words

ミサイル (ミサイル)

missile

攻撃 (こうげき)

attack; strike; offensive; criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation

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.

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

人命 (じんめい)

(human) life

が (が)

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

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with

Kanji

攻

Readings: コウ、 せ.める

Meanings: aggression, attack, criticize, polish

撃

Readings: ゲキ、 う.つ

Meanings: beat, attack, defeat, conquer

多

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る

Meanings: many, frequent, much

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

命

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち

Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

失

Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる

Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss