不作で食料がひどく不足した。

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不作 で 食料 が ひどく 不足した 。

English Translation

The bad harvest caused massive food shortages.

Furigana

不作(ふさく)で食料(しょくりょう)がひどく不足(ふそく)した。

Romanji

Fusaku de shokuryō ga hidoku fusokushita.

Words

不作 (ふさく)

poor crop; crop failure

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.

食料 (しょくりょう)

food

が (が)

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

酷い (ひどい)

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

Kanji

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

作

Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り

Meanings: make, production, prepare, build

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food

料

Reading: リョウ

Meanings: fee, materials

足

Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す

Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear