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今日ルート66で衝突事故があったんだ。

Sentence Analyzer

今日 るーと 衝突 事故 あった

English Translation

There was a smash-up out on Route 66 today.

Furigana

今日(きょう)ルート66で衝突(しょうとつ)事故(じこ)があったんだ。

Romanji

Kyō ru-to roku roku de shōtotsu jiko ga atta n da.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
ルート (ルート)
root; route
(ろく、む、むう)
six
(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.
衝突 (しょうとつ)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
()
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
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ショウ、 つ.く
Meanings: collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick
Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く
Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently