前例のない干ばつが小麦の収穫に甚大な被害をもたらした。

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English Translation

The unprecedented drought did severe damage to the wheat harvest.

Furigana

前例(ぜんれい)のない干(かん)ばつが小麦(こむぎ)の収穫(しゅうかく)に甚大(じんだい)な被害(ひがい)をもたらした。

Romanji

Zenrei no nai kanbatsu ga komugi no shūkaku ni jindaina higai o motarashita.

Words

前例 (ぜんれい)

precedent

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

干ばつ (かんばつ)

drought; long spell (period) of dry weather

が (が)

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

小麦 (こむぎ)

wheat

収穫 (しゅうかく)

harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); results

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

甚大 (じんだい)

very great; enormous; serious

被害 (ひがい)

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

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.

齎す (もたらす)

to bring; to take; to bring about