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Dozens of houses were burned down in that big fire.
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Vocabulary list

nanjuu
noun
  1. several tens
mono
noun
  1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
  2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
  3. things; something; anything; everything; nothing
  4. quality
  5. reason; the way of things
  6. used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen (formal noun often used as 〜ものだ)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
  2. cause of ...; cause for ...
prefix
  1. somehow; somewhat; for some reason
  2. really; truly
ka
suffix
  1. -ist; -er (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
ookaji
noun
  1. big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
oo
prefix
  1. large; big; great; major; important; serious; heavy; loud
  2. older; senior
  3. final; ultimate
  4. rough; broad; general
kaji
noun
  1. fire; conflagration
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
yaku

Potential Plain Past Indicative Form

yaketa
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to burn
  2. to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue
  3. to heat; to heat up
  4. to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake; to fire; to burn
  5. to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
  6. to print (a photo); to burn (an optical disc)
  7. to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
yakeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

yaketa
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
  2. to be jealous; to be envious

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