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昨夜、スーパーで火事が起きた。

Sentence Analyzer

昨夜 スーパー 火事 起きた

English Translation

A fire broke out in the supermarket last night.

Furigana

昨夜(さくや)、スーパーで火事(かじ)()きた。

Romanji

Sakuya, su-pa- de kaji ga okita.

Words

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)
evening; last night
スーパー (スーパー、スーパ)
super; supermarket; superimpose; superheterodyne; (film with) subtitles
(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.
火事 (かじ)
fire; conflagration
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
起きる (おきる)
to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

Kanji

Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる
Meanings: night, evening
Readings: カ、 ひ、 -び、 ほ-
Meaning: fire
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up