新聞によると名古屋に大火災があったそうです。

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English Translation

The papers say that there was a big fire in Nagoya.

Furigana

新聞(しんぶん)によると名古屋(なごや)に大(だい)火災(かさい)があったそうです。

Romanji

Shinbun ni yoru to Nagoya ni dai kasai ga atta sō desu.

Words

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

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

因る (よる)

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at

と (と)

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

名古屋 (なごや)

Nagoya (city)

大 (おお)

big; large

火災 (かさい)

conflagration; fire

が (が)

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