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Zach

その年は大変な米不足だった。

Sentence Analyzer

その 大変な 不足 だった

English Translation

There was a great lack of rice that year.

Furigana

その(とし)大変(たいへん)(べい)不足(ふそく)だった。

Romanji

Sono toshi wa taihenna Bei fusoku datta.

Words

其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
大変 (たいへん)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster
(こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)
(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old
不足 (ふそく)
insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル、 こめ、 よね
Meanings: rice, USA, metre
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す
Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear