冷たい天候が稲の発育を遅らせた。

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冷たい 天候 が 稲 の 発育 を 遅らせた 。

English Translation

The cold weather slowed the growth of the rice plants.

Furigana

冷(つめ)たい天候(てんこう)が稲(いね)の発育(はついく)を遅(おく)らせた。

Romanji

Tsumetai tenkō ga ine no hatsuiku o okuraseta.

Words

冷たい (つめたい、つべたい)

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing; coldhearted; unfeeling

天候 (てんこう)

weather

が (が)

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

稲 (いね)

rice-plant

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

発育 (はついく)

(physical) growth; development

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.

遅らせる (おくらせる)

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard; to put back (a clock)

Kanji

冷

Readings: レイ、 つめ.たい、 ひ.える、 ひ.や、 ひ.ややか、 ひ.やす、 ひ.やかす、 さ.める、 さ.ます

Meanings: cool, cold (beer, person), chill

天

Readings: テン、 あまつ、 あめ、 あま-

Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial

候

Readings: コウ、 そうろう

Meanings: climate, season, weather, wait for, expect

稲

Readings: トウ、 テ、 いね、 いな-

Meaning: rice plant

発

Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ

Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

育

Readings: イク、 そだ.つ、 そだ.ち、 そだ.てる、 はぐく.む

Meanings: bring up, grow up, raise, rear

遅

Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い

Meanings: slow, late, back, later