堤防が都市を洪水から守ってくれた。

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堤防が都市を洪水から守ってくれた。

English Translation

The bank secured the city from a flood.

Furigana

堤防(ていぼう)が都市(とし)を洪水(こうずい)から守(まも)ってくれた。

Romanji

Teibō ga toshi o kōzui kara mamottekureta.

Words

堤防 (ていぼう)

bank; weir; embankment; levee

が (が)

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

都市 (とし)

town; city; municipal; urban

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.

洪水 (こうずい)

flood

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

守る (まもる)

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow