戦争は不足と欠乏の時代を招いた。

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戦争は不足と欠乏の時代を招いた。

English Translation

The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.

Furigana

戦争(せんそう)は不足(ふそく)と欠乏(けつぼう)の時代(じだい)を招(まね)いた。

Romanji

Sensō wa fusoku to ketsubō no jidai o maneita.

Words

戦争 (せんそう)

war

は (は)

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

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

欠乏 (けつぼう)

want; shortage; famine

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

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

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.

招く (まねく)

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to; to call in; to send for; to summon; to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in