雨が降ったため、ピクニックは体育館で開かれた。

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English Translation

The picnic was held in the gym on account of the rain.

Furigana

雨(あめ)が降(ふ)ったため、ピクニックは体育館(たいいくかん)で開(ひら)かれた。

Romanji

Ame ga futta tame, pikunikku wa taiikukan de hirakareta.

Words

雨 (あめ)

rain

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

ピクニック (ピクニック)

picnic

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

体育館 (たいいくかん)

gymnasium

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

開く (ひらく)

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)