この川は雪解けの後氾濫することがある。

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この川は雪解けの後氾濫することがある。

English Translation

This river sometimes overflows after the thaw.

Furigana

この川(かわ)は雪解(ゆきど)けの後(のち)氾濫(はんらん)することがある。

Romanji

Kono kawa wa yukidoke no nochi hanransuru koto ga aru.

Words

此の (この)

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

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

は (は)

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

雪解け (ゆきどけ)

snow thaw; thawing

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

後 (あと)

behind; rear; after; later; after one's death; remainder; the rest; descendant; successor; heir; past; previous; more (e.g. five more minutes); left

氾濫 (はんらん、ハンラン)

overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge; oversupply; plethora

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about