彼らは食料の供給を断たれた。

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彼ら は 食料 の 供給 を 断たれた 。

English Translation

They were cut off from food supplies.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは食料(しょくりょう)の供給(きょうきゅう)を断(た)たれた。

Romanji

Karera wa shokuryō no kyōkyū o tatareta.

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

供給 (きょうきゅう)

supply; provision

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.

断つ (たつ)

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to abstain (from)

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

供

Readings: キョウ、 ク、 クウ、 グ、 そな.える、 とも、 -ども

Meanings: submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany

給

Readings: キュウ、 たま.う、 たも.う、 -たま.え

Meanings: salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on

断

Readings: ダン、 た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める

Meanings: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting