大雨のために列車が止まった。

heavy rain

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

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

train (ordinary)

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

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on