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)