彼らは食料の不足に悩んでいる。

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彼ら は 食料 の 不足 に 悩んでいる 。

English Translation

They are suffering from want of food.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは食料(しょくりょう)の不足(ふそく)に悩(なや)んでいる。

Romanji

Karera wa shokuryō no fusoku ni nayandeiru.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

食料 (しょくりょう)

food

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

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

悩む (なやむ)

to be worried; to be troubled

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food

料

Reading: リョウ

Meanings: fee, materials

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

足

Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す

Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

悩

Readings: ノウ、 なや.む、 なや.ます、 なや.ましい、 なやみ

Meanings: trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness