多くの人が食糧不足に苦しんでいる。

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多く の 人 が 食糧 不足 に 苦しんでいる 。

English Translation

Many people are suffering from the lack of food.

Furigana

多(おお)くの人(ひと)が食糧(しょくりょう)不足(ふそく)に苦(くる)しんでいる。

Romanji

Ōku no hito ga shokuryō fusoku ni kurushindeiru.

Words

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

食糧 (しょくりょう)

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

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

苦しむ (くるしむ)

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

Kanji

多

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る

Meanings: many, frequent, much

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food

糧

Readings: リョウ、 ロウ、 かて

Meanings: provisions, food, bread

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

足

Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す

Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

苦

Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る

Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl