村人は井戸から水を手で汲み上げなければならなかった。

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English Translation

The village people had to pump water from the well by hand.

Furigana

村人(むらびと)は井戸(いど)から水(みず)を手(て)で汲(くあ)み上()げなければならなかった。

Romanji

Murabito wa ido kara mizu o te de kumiagenakerebanaranakatta.

Words

村人 (むらびと)

villager

は (は)

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

井戸 (いど)

water well

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

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.

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

汲み上げる (くみあげる)

to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to dip up; to adopt ideas (from subordinates, the public, etc.)