(とうきょう)

Tokyo

(しょうがっこう)

elementary school

(かじ)

fire (accident)

(あさ)

morning

(がっこう)

school

(たてもの)

building

(けむり)

smoke

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(こども)

child

(せんせい)

teacher

(すぐ)

immediately, soon

(そと)

outside

(びょういん)

hospital

(はこぶ)

to carry; to transport

(みんな)

Everyone; everybody

(けが)

injury

(おおきい)

big; large

(げんき)

Healthy; energetic; lively

(いう)

to say

(いま)

now

(けいさつ)

police

(しょうぼう)

fire department, firefighting

(りゆう)

reason; cause

(しらべる)

to investigate; to survey

(きをつける)

to be careful

there is / was ~

Used to report the occurrence of an earthquake — 'there was a magnitude 6 strong earthquake'.

past tense

The た form indicates completed actions. 出発した means 'departed'.

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる. Can describe an action in progress or a state resulting from a past change.

to tell someone to do

気をつけるように言いました uses ～ように with a verb of telling to report an instruction — the school told the children to be careful.

to become

Expresses a change of state; Kawai became the new commissioner of the Sports Agency.

東京の小学校で火事がありました

There was a fire at an elementary school in Tokyo

6月19日の朝、東京の小学校で火事がありました。

On the morning of June 19, there was a fire at an elementary school in Tokyo.

学校の建物から、けむりが出ました。

Smoke came out of the school building.

学校にいた子どもと先生は、すぐに外に出ました。

The children and teachers who were at the school went outside right away.

この火事で、11人が病院に運ばれました。

In this fire, 11 people were taken to the hospital.

みんな、けがは大きくないです。

None of their injuries are serious.

元気になると、病院の人は言いました。

The hospital staff said they will recover.

今、警察と消防は、火事の理由を調べています。

Right now, the police and fire department are investigating the cause of the fire.

学校は、子どもたちに気をつけるように言いました。

The school told the children to be careful.