2時間ほど前から雷雨のため連絡が断たれている。

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時間 ほど から 雷雨 ため 連絡 断たれている

English Translation

Communications have been cut off for two hours because of a thunderstorm.

Furigana

時間(じかん)ほど(まえ)から雷雨(らいう)のため連絡(れんらく)()たれている。

Romanji

Ni jikan hodo mae kara raiu no tame renraku ga tatareteiru.

Words

(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
時間 (じかん)
time; hours
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
雷雨 (らいう)
thunderstorm
()
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
(ため)
good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning
連絡 (れんらく)
to contact; to get in touch; contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message; connection; coordination; junction; intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
断つ (たつ)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to abstain (from)

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: ライ、 かみなり、 いかずち、 いかづち
Meanings: thunder, lightning bolt
Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ
Meaning: rain
Readings: レン、 つら.なる、 つら.ねる、 つ.れる、 -づ.れ
Meanings: take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
Readings: ラク、 から.む、 から.まる
Meanings: entwine, coil around, get caught in
Readings: ダン、 た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める
Meanings: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting