(ほんこん)

Hong Kong

(たかい)

expensive; high

(びる)

building

(かじ)

fire (accident)

(ひと)

person / people

(なくなる)

to pass away; to die (polite)

(すむ)

to live; to reside

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(おおきな)

big (attrib.)

(けが)

injury

(よる)

night

(あさ)

morning

(ずっと)

continuously; all along

(つづく)

to continue

(しょうぼうし)

firefighter

(ひ)

fire

(けす)

to extinguish, to turn off

(ながい)

long

(じかん)

time

(はたらく)

to work

(なか)

inside

(いそぐ)

to hurry, to rush

(そと)

outside

(にげる)

to escape / to run away

(けいさつ)

police

(しょうぼう)

fire department, firefighting

(いま)

now

(しらべる)

to investigate; to survey

(せいふ)

government; administration

(かぞく)

family

(きょうりょく)

cooperation

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(これから)

from now on

(もっと)

more / further

(あんぜん)

safety

(つくる)

to make

(たいせつ)

important

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.

~ or more / above ~

Indicates a quantity equal to or greater than a stated value. Here it describes earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.

from ... to ...

Indicates a range of time, place, or quantity. から marks the starting point, and here it is used to show a range (2週間から3週間).

in order to ～

Expresses purpose.

why ... (embedded question)

なぜ火事になったのか forms an embedded question about why the fire occurred, which the police are investigating.

quotation marker (said that ～)

The particle と marks quoted speech or thought, followed by verbs like 言う, 話す, 思う.

it is important that ~

Used to express importance of an action. Here cooperation between Japan and China is described as important.

香港の高いビルで火事　50人以上が亡くなった

Fire in a tall building in Hong Kong; more than 50 people died

香港で、人がたくさん住んでいる高いビルで、大きな火事がありました。

In Hong Kong, a large fire broke out in a tall building where many people lived.

この火事で、50人以上の人が亡くなりました。

In this fire, more than 50 people died.

けがをした人もたくさんいます。

Many people were also injured.

火事は夜から朝までずっと続きました。

The fire continued from night until morning.

消防士は、火を消すために長い時間働きました。

Firefighters worked for a long time to put out the fire.

ビルの中にいた人たちは、急いで外に逃げました。

The people inside the building hurried to escape outside.

警察と消防は、なぜ火事になったのか、今、調べています。

The police and fire department are now investigating why the fire happened.

香港の政府は、亡くなった人の家族に協力すると話しました。

The Hong Kong government said it would help the families of those who died.

これからもっと安全なビルを作ることが大切です。

Going forward, it is important to build safer buildings.