この都市は深刻な水不足なので、われわれは入浴を時折控えなければならない。

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English Translation

There is a severe shortage of water in this city, so we must give up having a bath occasionally.

Furigana

この都市(とし)は深刻(しんこく)な水不足(みずぶそく)なので、われわれは入浴(にゅうよく)を時折(ときおり)控(ひか)えなければならない。

Romanji

Kono toshi wa shinkokuna mizubusoku na node, wareware wa nyūyoku o tokiori hikaenakerebanaranai.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

都市 (とし)

town; city; municipal; urban

は (は)

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

深刻 (しんこく)

serious; severe; grave; acute

水不足 (みずぶそく)

water shortage; shortage of water supply

だ (だ)

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

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

我々 (われわれ)

入浴 (にゅうよく)

bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

時折 (ときおり、ときより)

sometimes

控える (ひかえる)

to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for; to be soon; to be in the offing; to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)