川の水をせき止めるために堤防が建設された。

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English Translation

A bank was built to keep back the water of the river.

Furigana

川(かわ)の水(みず)をせき止(と)めるために堤防(ていぼう)が建設(けんせつ)された。

Romanji

Kawa no mizu o sekitomeru tameni teibō ga kensetsusareta.

Words

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

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

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.

せき止める (せきとめる)

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to bring to a halt; to intercept; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

堤防 (ていぼう)

bank; weir; embankment; levee

が (が)

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

建設 (けんせつ)

construction; establishment