彼は事件の記者から話を聞いた

N5 彼 kare he N3 事件 jiken incident, case, event N3 記者 kisha reporter, journalist N5 話 hanashi talk, story, speech

N3 彼 hi / kare, kano, ka.no he, that, the N4 事 ji, zu / koto, tsuka.u, tsuka.eru matter, thing, fact N3 件 ken / kudan affair, case, matter N3 記 ki / shiru.su scribe, account, narrative N4 者 sha / mono someone, person, personne N5 話 wa / hana.su, hanashi tale, talk, parler N5 聞 bun, mon / ki.ku, ki.koeru hear, ask, listen

N5 〜から kara Indicates cause or reason, equivalent to because or since, connects two clauses explaining reason N5 〜を o Marks the direct object of an action, appears before the verb, shows what receives the action N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase N5 〜か ka Marks a question, alternative, or uncertainty, appears at the sentence end or between options N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information