堤防が洪水を防いだ。

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堤防 が 洪水 を 防いだ 。

English Translation

The levee kept the floodwater back.

Furigana

堤防(ていぼう)が洪水(こうずい)を防(ふせ)いだ。

Romanji

Teibō ga kōzui o fuseida.

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

洪水 (こうずい)

flood

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.

防ぐ (ふせぐ)

to defend (against); to protect; to prevent

Kanji

堤

Readings: テイ、 つつみ

Meanings: dike, bank, embankment

防

Readings: ボウ、 ふせ.ぐ

Meanings: ward off, defend, protect, resist

洪

Reading: コウ

Meanings: deluge, flood, vast

水

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-

Meaning: water