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Shinkansen Teiden de Tachi-Oojoo

shinkansen Shinkansen (bullet train), teiden [sv] power cut, power outage, power failure
-de cause marker; by, because of, due to, tachi-oojoo [sv] be stalled, be stuck, be stranded

1.

21-nichi gogo 7-ji 55-fun, Oosaka de, Shinkansen no Soodensen ga kiremashita.

nijuuichi-nichi 21st. of the month, gogo p.m., shichi-ji / nana-ji 7:00, -fun minutes
Oosaka place name, -de place marker; in, at, Shinkansen Shinkansen (bullet train)
sooden-sen power cable, kiremasu to cut

2.

Shinkansen wa, Kyoto to Koobe no aida ga teiden shimashita.

Kyoto, Koobe place name, [A] to [B] no aida between A and B
teiden [sv] power cut, power outage, power failure

3.

Shinkansen wa Kyoto to Hakata no aida de unten o chuushi shimashita.

Hakata place name, [A] to [B] no aida between A and B, -de place marker; in, at
unten [sv] driving, operation, service (of transportation)
chuushi [sv] cancel, stop, call off, suspend

4.

Kyoto to Koobe no aida ni 10-pon no ressha ga Tachi-Oojoo shimashita.

[A] to [B] no aida between A and B, -ni place marker; in, at, on
juppon 10 (trains), -hon / -pon counter for cylindrical object and trains
ressha train, tachi-oojoo [sv] be stalled, be stuck, be stranded

5.

Ressha no jookyaku wa 3-jikan chikaku ressha no naka ni Kanzume ni narimashita.

ressha train, jookyaku passenger
san-jikan 3 hours, chikaku near, close / nearly, about, -no naka ni in, inside
kanzume ni narimasu be confined, be stuck inside (expression)
kanzume canned food, naru root form of narimasu; become

6.

Jiko no gen'in wa wakatte imasen.

jiko accident, gen'in a cause
wakatte imasen not yet known, don't know yet
wakatte te form of wakarimasu; understand, know, find out, -te imasu expressing progressive or state