大雨のために本日の阪神・巨人戦は中止になった。

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English Translation

Today's Tigers-Giants baseball game was called off due to heavy rain.

Furigana

大雨(おおあめ)のために本日(ほんじつ)の阪神(はんしん)・巨人戦(きょじんせん)は中止(ちゅうし)になった。

Romanji

Ōame no tameni honjitsu no Hanshin Kyojinsen wa chūshi ni natta.

Words

大雨 (おおあめ)

heavy rain

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

為に (ために)

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

本日 (ほんじつ)

today

阪神 (はんしん)

Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

中止 (ちゅうし)

suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...