１ヶ月間まったく雨が降らなかったので、彼らは井戸を掘らねばならなかった。

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English Translation

Not a drop of rain fell for a month, so they had to dig a well.

Furigana

１ヶ月間(かげつかん)まったく雨(あめ)が降(ふ)らなかったので、彼(かれ)らは井戸(いど)を掘(ほ)らねばならなかった。

Romanji

Ichi kagetsukan mattaku ame ga furanakatta node, karera wa ido o horanebanaranakatta.

Words

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

全く (まったく)

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)

雨 (あめ)

rain

が (が)

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

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

ので (ので、んで)

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

井戸 (いど)

water well

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.

掘る (ほる)

to dig; to excavate; to hollow; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex