昨夜近所に火事があって、老婆が焼け死んだ。

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昨夜 近所 に 火事 が あって 、 老婆 が 焼け死んだ 。

English Translation

Last night a fire broke out in my neighborhood, and an old woman was burnt to death.

Furigana

昨夜(さくや)近所(きんじょ)に火事(かじ)があって、老婆(ろうば)が焼(や)け死(し)んだ。

Romanji

Sakuya kinjo ni kaji ga atte, rōba ga yakeshinda.

Words

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)

evening; last night

近所 (きんじょ)

neighbourhood; neighborhood

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

火事 (かじ)

fire; conflagration

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

老婆 (ろうば)

old woman

焼け死ぬ (やけしぬ)

to be burnt to death

Kanji

昨

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

夜

Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる

Meanings: night, evening

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

所

Readings: ショ、 ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ

Meaning: place

火

Readings: カ、 ひ、 -び、 ほ-

Meaning: fire

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

老

Readings: ロウ、 お.いる、 ふ.ける

Meanings: old man, old age, grow old

婆

Readings: バ、 ばば、 ばあ

Meanings: old woman, grandma, wet nurse

焼

Readings: ショウ、 や.く、 や.き、 や.き-、 -や.き、 や.ける

Meanings: bake, burning

死

Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-

Meanings: death, die