日本は石油が不足して困っていた。

日本は石油が不足して困っていた。

Japan was hard up for oil.

日本(にっぽん)は石油(せきゆ)が不足(ふそく)して困(こま)っていた。

Nippon wa sekiyu ga fusokushite komatteita.

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

は (は)

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

石油 (せきゆ)

oil; petroleum; kerosene

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

困る (こまる)

to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped

Readings: ニチ、ジツ、ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

Readings: ホン、もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Readings: セキ、シャク、コク、いし

Meaning: stone

Readings: ユ、ユウ、あぶら

Meanings: oil, fat

Readings: フ、ブ

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

Readings: ソク、あし、た.りる、た.る、た.す

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

Readings: コン、こま.る

Meanings: quandary, become distressed, annoyed