日本の多くの河川は工場の廃液で汚染されている。
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English Translation
Many rivers in Japan are polluted by waste water from factories.
Furigana
Romanji
Nippon no ōku no kasen wa kōjō no haieki de osensareteiru.
Words
日本
(にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
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
多く
(おおく)
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
河川
(かせん)
rivers
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
工場
(こうじょう、こうば)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
廃液
(はいえき)
waste liquid
で
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
汚染
(おせん)
pollution; contamination
Kanji
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: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: カ、 かわ
Meaning: river
Readings: セン、 かわ
Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ
Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ハイ、 すた.れる、 すた.る
Meanings: abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon
Reading: エキ
Meanings: fluid, liquid, juice, sap, secretion
Readings: オ、 けが.す、 けが.れる、 けが.らわしい、 よご.す、 よご.れる、 きたな.い
Meanings: dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile
Readings: セン、 そ.める、 -ぞ.め、 -ぞめ、 そ.まる、 し.みる、 -じ.みる、 し.み、 -し.める
Meanings: dye, color, paint, stain, print