突然、川が増水して氾濫した。

突然、川が増水して氾濫した。

All of a sudden, the river rose and broke its banks.

突然(とつぜん)、川(かわ)が増水(ぞうすい)して氾濫(はんらん)した。

Totsuzen, kawa ga zōsuishite hanranshita.

突然 (とつぜん)

abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

が (が)

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

増水 (ぞうすい)

rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water

氾濫 (はんらん、ハンラン)

overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge; oversupply; plethora

Readings: トツ、カ、つ.く

Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

Readings: ゼン、ネン、しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ

Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

Readings: セン、かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Readings: ゾウ、ま.す、ま.し、ふ.える、ふ.やす

Meanings: increase, add, augment, gain, promote

Readings: スイ、みず、みず-

Meaning: water

Readings: ハン、ひろ.がる

Meanings: spread out, wide

Readings: ラン、みだ.りに、みだ.りがましい

Meanings: excessive, overflow, spread out