おそらく長期にわたって首都を襲った自然災害のため、この時代に関する現存する記録はことに希少である。

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English Translation

Records are particularly scarce for this era, perhaps owing to a long series of natural disasters which befell the capital.

Furigana

おそらく長期(ちょうき)にわたって首都(しゅと)を襲(おそ)った自然(しぜん)災害(さいがい)のため、この時代(じだい)に関(かん)する現存(げんそん)する記録(きろく)はことに希少(きしょう)である。

Romanji

Osoraku chōki niwatatte shuto o osotta shizen saigai no tame, kono jidai nikansuru gensonsuru kiroku wa kotoni kishō de aru.

Words

恐らく (おそらく)

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

長期 (ちょうき)

long time period; long term

に渡って (にわたって)

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

首都 (しゅと)

capital city; metropolis

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.

襲う (おそう)

to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

自然 (しぜん)

nature; spontaneity; naturally; spontaneously

災害 (さいがい)

calamity; disaster; misfortune

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

為 (ため)

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

此の (この)

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

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

に関する (にかんする)

related to; in relation to

現存 (げんそん、げんぞん)

living; existing; Real Presence; extant

記録 (きろく)

record; minutes; document; a record (e.g. in sports); results; score; to record; to document; to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value

は (は)

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

殊に (ことに)

especially; particularly; unusually; above all; additionally

希少 (きしょう)

scarce; rare

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...