地震のため水道の本管が破裂した。

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地震のため水道の本管が破裂した。

English Translation

The water mains burst due to the earthquake.

Furigana

地震(じしん)のため水道(すいどう)の本管(ほんかん)が破裂(はれつ)した。

Romanji

Jishin no tame suidō no honkan ga haretsushita.

Words

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

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

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

水道 (すいどう)

water service; water supply

本管 (ほんかん)

main pipe

が (が)

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

破裂 (はれつ)

explosion; rupture; break off