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Pari no Nootorudamu Daiseidoo ga Kaji

Pari Paris, Nootorudamu Daiseidoo Notre-Dame cathedral, kaji a fire

1.

15-nichi yoru (Nihon jikan), Pari no Nootorudamu Daiseidoo ga kaji ni narimashita.

juugo-nichi 15th. of the month, yoru night, Nihon jikan Japan time
Pari Paris, Nootorudamu Daiseidoo Notre-Dame cathedral
kaji ni narimasu (building) be on fire [set phrase]
kaji a fire (of building, forest, etc.), narimasu to become, come to

2.

Nootorudamu Daiseidoo wa rekishi-teki ni kichoo na Goshikku-yooshiki no tatemono desu.

rekishi-teki ni historically, rekishi history, kichoo [na] valuable, precious
Goshikku-yooshiki the Gothic style, yooshiki style, pattern, form, mode
tatemono building

rekishi [noun] "history"
rekishi-teki na [na-adjective] "historical" or "historic"
rekishi-teki ni [adverb] "historically" or "in history"
rekishi-teki na tatemono "historic building"
rekishi-teki ni kichoo na tatemono "historically valuable building" or "valuable building in history"

3.

Nootorudamu Daiseidoo wa Furansu no daihyoo-teki na Sekai-isan no hitotsu desu.

Furansu France, daihyoo-teki [na] representative, well-known
sekai-isan world heritage, sekai world, isan left fortune, property left, legacy, heritage
-no hitotsu one of

4.

Nootorudamu Daiseidoo wa Efferu-too to narabi Pari o shoochoo suru basho desu.

Efferu-too Eiffel Tower, too tower
[A] wa [B] to narabi [A] is as ... as [B], along with [B], [A] is also ...
Pari Paris, shoochoo suru basho the place symbolizing (Paris)
basho place, spot, shoochoo [sv] symbol, symbolize

-to narabi is based on the verb narabimasu "to line up, stand in a line".

5.

Sekai-juu kara takusan no kankoo-kyaku ga Nootorudamu Daiseidoo o otozuremasu.

sekai-juu kara from around the world, from all over the world, takusan no many, a lot of
kankoo-kyaku tourist, kankoo [sv] tourism, sightseeing, otozuremasu to visit

6.

Nootorudamu Daiseidoo de wa kaishuu kooji ga okonawarete imashita.

-de place marker; in, at, kaishuu kooji repair work, kaishuu [sv] repair, kooji [sv] construction
okonawarete passive te form of okonaimasu; be done, be held, be performed
-te imasu expressing progressive or state

7.

Kaji no gen'in wa sono kooji mitai desu.

kaji a fire, gen'in a cause, kooji [sv] construction, -mitai desu it seems