Shinkansen Teiden de Tachi-Oojoo 2017/June/23

bullet train stranded due to power outage

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

Shinkansen wa, Kyoto to Koobe no aida ga teiden shimashita.
Shinkansen wa Kyoto to Hakata no aida de unten o chuushi shimashita.

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

Ressha no jookyaku wa 3-jikan chikaku ressha no naka ni Kanzume ni narimashita.
Jiko no gen'in wa wakatte imasen.
 2017/June/23

bullet train stranded due to power outage

Practice Each Sentence

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
Practice the following words
1. ShinkansenShinkansen (bullet train) 9. resshatrain

2. tachi-oojoo[sv] be stalled, be stuck, be 10. jookyakupassenger

stranded
3. soodensenpower cable 11. kanzumecanned food

4. kiremasuto cut 12. narimasuto become, come to

5. aidabetween, space 13. jikoaccident

6. teiden[sv] power cut, power outage, power 14. gen'ina cause

failure
15. wakarimasuto understand, know,
7. unten[sv] driving, operation, service (of find out
transportation)
8. chuushi[sv] cancellation, stop, call off,
suspension

Functional patterns used in the sentences (Chapter numbers are from Building Up Conversation)
jookyaku wa kanzume ni narimashita
-ku narimasu / -ni narimasu:become, come to
Level 2 Chapter 9
gen'in wa wakatte imasen
verb te form + -te imasu:expressing the progressive, a state of being or a habitual action