この曲がり角で、何年も記憶にとどめられる事故が起こった。

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English Translation

At this corner there happened an accident that was to be remembered for years.

Furigana

この曲(ま)がり角(かど)で、何(なん)年(ねん)も記憶(きおく)にとどめられる事故(じこ)が起(お)こった。

Romanji

Kono magarikado de, nan nen mo kioku ni todomerareru jiko ga okotta.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

曲がり角 (まがりかど)

street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

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.

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

記憶 (きおく)

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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

留める (とどめる)

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to; to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit; to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

が (が)

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