良質の建材が不足している。

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良質 の 建材 が 不足している 。

English Translation

There is a shortage of good building wood.

Furigana

良質(りょうしつ)の建材(けんざい)が不足(ふそく)している。

Romanji

Ryōshitsu no kenzai ga fusokushiteiru.

Words

良質 (りょうしつ)

good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality

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

建材 (けんざい)

building material

が (が)

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

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

Kanji

良

Readings: リョウ、 よ.い、 -よ.い、 い.い、 -い.い

Meanings: good, pleasing, skilled

質

Readings: シツ、 シチ、 チ、 たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ

Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament

建

Readings: ケン、 コン、 た.てる、 た.て、 -だ.て、 た.つ

Meaning: build

材

Reading: ザイ

Meanings: lumber, log, timber, wood, materials, ingredients, talent

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