昨年は異常な冷夏で、稲作は１０年ぶりの凶作だった。

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English Translation

It was exceptionally cold last summer, and the rice crop was the worst in 10 years.

Furigana

昨年(さくねん)は異常(いじょう)な冷夏(れいか)で、稲作(いなさく)は１０年(ねん)ぶりの凶作(きょうさく)だった。

Romanji

Sakunen wa ijōna reika de, inasaku wa ichi zero nenburi no kyōsaku datta.

Words

昨年 (さくねん)

last year

は (は)

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

異常 (いじょう)

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

冷夏 (れいか)

cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer

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.

稲作 (いなさく)

rice cultivation; rice crop

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年ぶり (ねんぶり)

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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

凶作 (きょうさく)

bad harvest; poor crop

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative