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その
じこ
事故
が
なぜ
何故
お
起
きたかはまったく
なぞ
謎
である。
It is a complete mystery what caused the accident.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
その事故が何故起きたかはまったく謎である。
particle か particle か
 
embedded / indirect questions
その事故が何故起きたかはまったく謎である。
Conjugations and inflections
  起きた is the past form of ichidan verb 起きる   ALL INFLECTIONS
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
じ こ 1
noun
1. accident; incident; trouble
2. circumstances; reasons
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な ぜ 1
Most common form: なぜ
why; how  (often written with kana only)
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お き る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)
2. to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake
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ま っ た く 0 ま っ た く 4
Most common form: 全く
1. really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly
2. indeed
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な ぞ 0
noun
1. riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery
2. enigmatic; mysterious
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
故
コ   strike   ゆえ reason; deceased   
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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攵
ぼく strike   
何
カ   なに    なん what?   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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亅
hook
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
起
キ   おきる to wake up, to get up   おこる to happen   おこす to rouse   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
走
ソウ   はしる run   
謎
なぞ riddle   
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迷
メイ   perplexed   まよう to be perplexed   
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米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
⻌
move
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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