その地域の紛争のため石油の補給が一時とだえた。

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English Translation

Because of fighting in the region, the oil supply was temporarily cut off.

Furigana

その地域(ちいき)の紛争(ふんそう)のため石油(せきゆ)の補給(ほきゅう)が一時(いちじ)とだえた。

Romanji

Sono chiiki no funsō no tame sekiyu no hokyū ga ichiji todaeta.

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...

地域 (ちいき)

area; region

の (の)

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

紛争 (ふんそう)

dispute; trouble; strife

為 (ため)

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

石油 (せきゆ)

oil; petroleum; kerosene

補給 (ほきゅう)

supply; supplying; replenishment

が (が)

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

一時 (いちじ)

one o'clock; once; at one time; formerly; before; for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily; a time; one time; once

途絶える (とだえる)

to stop; to cease; to come to an end