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ばくはつ
爆発
の
げんいん
原因
は
なに
何
だったのか。
What was the cause of the explosion?
Grammar and points of interest
〜のか 〜のか
 
embedded question / expressing doubt
爆発の原因は何だったのか。
Words
ば く は つ 0
explosion; detonation; eruption
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げ ん い ん 0
cause; origin; source
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な に 1
1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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expression
was  (see also: だ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
爆
バク    explosion   
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暴
ボウ   バク   violent   あばれる to get violent   あばく to expose, disclose   
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⺢
スイ   みず water   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
火
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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丷
eight
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
発
ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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癶
hairy legs
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
儿
legs
原
ゲン   はら meadow   
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厂
cliff
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
因
イン   cause   よる to depend on   
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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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囗
box, enclosure   
何
カ   なに    なん what?   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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亅
hook
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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