長く続く干ばつが収穫に甚大な被害をもたらした。

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English Translation

The prolonged drought did severe damage to crops.

Furigana

長(なが)く続(つづ)く干(かん)ばつが収穫(しゅうかく)に甚大(じんだい)な被害(ひがい)をもたらした。

Romanji

Nagaku tsuzuku kanbatsu ga shūkaku ni jindaina higai o motarashita.

Words

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

続く (つづく)

to continue; to last; to go on; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin; to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to; to hold out; to keep; to last

干ばつ (かんばつ)

drought; long spell (period) of dry weather

が (が)

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

収穫 (しゅうかく)

harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); results

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

甚大 (じんだい)

very great; enormous; serious

被害 (ひがい)

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

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.

齎す (もたらす)

to bring; to take; to bring about