最近のコーヒーの不足は大きな問題をひきおこした。

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English Translation

The recent shortage of coffee has given rise to a lot of problems.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)のコーヒーの不足(ふそく)は大(おお)きな問題(もんだい)をひきおこした。

Romanji

Saikin no ko-hi- no fusoku wa ōkina mondai o hikiokoshita.

Words

最近 (さいきん)

most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays

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

珈琲 (コーヒー、こーひー)

coffee

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

は (は)

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

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

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.

引き起こす (ひきおこす)

to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)