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Zach

どうしてこの危険な状況が起こったのか。

Sentence Analyzer

どうして この 危険な 状況 起こった

English Translation

How did this dangerous state come about?

Furigana

どうしてこの危険(きけん)状況(じょうきょう)()こったのか。

Romanji

Dōshite kono kikenna jōkyō ga okotta no ka.

Words

如何して (どうして)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
危険 (きけん)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
状況 (じょうきょう)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
()
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
()
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
()
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

Kanji

Readings: キ、 あぶ.ない、 あや.うい、 あや.ぶむ
Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy
Readings: ケン、 けわ.しい
Meanings: precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes
Reading: ジョウ
Meanings: status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance
Readings: キョウ、 まし.て、 いわ.んや、 おもむき
Meanings: condition, situation
Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up