すぐにでもエチオピアに雨が降らなければ、深刻な干ばつの問題が起こるだろう。

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English Translation

Unless it rains in Ethiopia soon, there could be severe drought problems.

Furigana

すぐにでもエチオピアに雨(あめ)が降(ふ)らなければ、深刻(しんこく)な干(かん)ばつの問題(もんだい)が起(お)こるだろう。

Romanji

Sugu ni demo Echiopia ni ame ga furanakereba, shinkokuna kanbatsu no mondai ga okoru darou.

Words

直ぐ (すぐ)

immediately; at once; directly; soon; before long; shortly; easily; without difficulty; right (near); nearby; just (handy)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do

エチオピア (エチオピア)

Ethiopia

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

深刻 (しんこく)

serious; severe; grave; acute

干ばつ (かんばつ)

drought; long spell (period) of dry weather

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

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative