ひどい物音がしたので彼に何事なのかと尋ねた。

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English Translation

Hearing the terrible noise, I asked him what was going on.

Furigana

ひどい物音(ものおと)がしたので彼(かれ)に何事(なにごと)なのかと尋(たず)ねた。

Romanji

Hidoi monooto ga shita node kare ni nanigoto na no ka to tazuneta.

Words

酷い (ひどい)

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

物音 (ものおと)

sounds

が (が)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

何事 (なにごと)

what; something; everything; nothing (with neg. verb); something or other; unspecified matter

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate