雨くらいで電話が混線してたら日本なんて大変ですよね。

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English Translation

If rain was enough to get phone-lines crossed then Japan would be in a right mess, wouldn't it?

Furigana

雨(あめ)くらいで電話(でんわ)が混線(こんせん)してたら日本(にっぽん)なんて大変(たいへん)ですよね。

Romanji

Ame kurai de denwa ga konsenshitetara Nippon nante taihen desu yo ne.

Words

雨 (あめ)

rain

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

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.

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

が (が)

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

混線 (こんせん)

crossed wires or lines (of communication); confusion

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

です (です)

be; is

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

Kanji

雨

Readings: ウ、あめ、あま-、 -さめ

Meaning: rain

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

話

Readings: ワ、はな.す、はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

混

Readings: コン、ま.じる、 -ま.じり、ま.ざる、ま.ぜる、こ.む

Meanings: mix, blend, confuse

線

Readings: セン、すじ

Meanings: line, track

日

Readings: ニチ、ジツ、ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

大

Readings: ダイ、タイ、おお-、おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

変

Readings: ヘン、か.わる、か.わり、か.える

Meanings: unusual, change, strange