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Kanada de Ban ga Hodoo o Boosoo

Kanada Canada, ban van, hodoo sidewalk
boosoo [sv] go out of control, go wild, drive recklessly

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23-nichi, (Nihon jikan 24-ka), Kanada no Toronto de, Ban ga Hodoo o boosoo shimashita.

nijuusan-nichi / nijuuyokka 23rd. / 24th. of the month, Nihon jikan Japan time
Kanada Canada, Toronto Toronto, -de place marker; in, at
ban van, hodoo sidewalk
boosoo [sv] go out of control, go wild, drive recklessly

2.

Ban wa hokoosha o hanemashita.

ban van, hokoosha pedestrian
hanemasu to hit (car hits a person)

3.

Hokoosha 10-nin ga Shiboo shimashita.

hokoosha pedestrian, juu-nin 10 people
shiboo [sv] death, die (formal)

4.

Soshite, 15-nin ga kega o shimashita.

soshite and, juugo-nin 15 people
kega o shimasu to be injured, get hurt, kega injury, hurt, wound

5.

Keisatsu wa Ban o unten shite ita otoko o tsukamaemashita.

keisatsu police, ban o unten shite ita otoko a man who was driving the van
unten [sv] operation, driving, shite ita ta form of shite imasu; was doing
otoko man, tsukamaemasu to catch, arrest, capture

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Ima no tokoro, Koi ka, Jiko ka, wakatte imasen.

ima no tokoro at the moment, for the present (set phrase)
koi intentional, volitional, jiko accident
[A] ka, [B] ka A or B, wakatte imasen don't know yet, be unknown, be not clear
wakarimasu to understand, know, -te imasu expressing progressive or state

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Demo, Koi no kanoosei ga takai yoo desu.

demo however, but, koi intentional, volitional
-no kanoosei ga takai be a high possibility, be likely to, it should be, it probably
kanoosei potential, possibility, takai expensive / high, -yoo desu it seems, it looks