jiko de hitori ga shiboushimashita.

subject particle

Breakdown of jiko de hitori ga shiboushimashita.

• で: cause particle
• 事故じこ: accident
• 一ひとり: one person

Questions & Answers about jiko de hitori ga shiboushimashita.

Is 一り correct, or should it be something else?

It should almost certainly be 一人, not 一り.

• 一人 is the standard way to write ひとり (one person).
• The second character is 人 (person), not the hiragana り.

So the natural sentence is:

事故で一人が死亡しました。

A learner might see 一り because of a typo, font issue, or mistaken transcription.

How do you read 一人 here?

It is read ひとり.

This is one of the irregular readings for counting people:

• 一人 = ひとり
• 二人 = ふたり
• after that, the readings are more regular:
  • 三人 = さんにん
  • 四人 = よにん
  • 五人 = ごにん

So in this sentence, 一人が is read ひとりが.

What is the role of で after 事故?