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雨のため水は堤防からあふれて流れた。

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ため 堤防 から あふれて 流れた

English Translation

The rain compelled the water to run over the banks.

Furigana

(あめ)のため(みず)堤防(ていぼう)からあふれて(なが)れた。

Romanji

Ame no tame mizu wa teibō kara afurete nagareta.

Words

(あめ)
rain
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(ため)
good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning
(みず、み)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
堤防 (ていぼう)
bank; weir; embankment; levee
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
溢れる (あふれる)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
流れる (ながれる)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray; to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate; to be heard (e.g. music); to be played; to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair); to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted; to be called off; to be forfeited; to disappear; to be removed

Kanji

Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ
Meaning: rain
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: テイ、 つつみ
Meanings: dike, bank, embankment
Readings: ボウ、 ふせ.ぐ
Meanings: ward off, defend, protect, resist
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit