これらの感染病はミルクの汚染が原因だった。

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これら の 感染病 は ミルク の 汚染 が 原因 だった 。

English Translation

These infections were caused by contaminated milk.

Furigana

これらの感染病(かんせんびょう)はミルクの汚染(おせん)が原因(げんいん)だった。

Romanji

Korera no kansenbyō wa miruku no osen ga gen'in datta.

Words

これ等 (これら)

these

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

感染病 (かんせんびょう)

infectious disease

は (は)

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

ミルク (ミルク)

milk

汚染 (おせん)

pollution; contamination

が (が)

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

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

感

Reading: カン

Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation

染

Readings: セン、 そ.める、 -ぞ.め、 -ぞめ、 そ.まる、 し.みる、 -じ.みる、 し.み、 -し.める

Meanings: dye, color, paint, stain, print

病

Readings: ビョウ、 ヘイ、 や.む、 -や.み、 やまい

Meanings: ill, sick

汚

Readings: オ、 けが.す、 けが.れる、 けが.らわしい、 よご.す、 よご.れる、 きたな.い

Meanings: dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile

原

Readings: ゲン、 はら

Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

因

Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む

Meanings: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to