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水が足りないのは天候のためです。

Sentence Analyzer

足りない 天候 ため です

English Translation

The water shortage is due to the weather.

Furigana

(みず)()りないのは天候(てんこう)のためです。

Romanji

Mizu ga tarinai no wa tenkō no tame desu.

Words

(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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
足りる (たりる)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy; to be sufficient; to answer; to do
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
天候 (てんこう)
weather
(ため)
good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す
Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
Readings: テン、 あまつ、 あめ、 あま-
Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial
Readings: コウ、 そうろう
Meanings: climate, season, weather, wait for, expect