洪水のため米は不作だった。

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洪水 の ため 米 は 不作 だった 。

English Translation

The rice crop was poor, owing to the floods.

Furigana

洪水(こうずい)のため米(こめ)は不作(ふさく)だった。

Romanji

Kōzui no tame kome wa fusaku datta.

Words

洪水 (こうずい)

flood

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

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

米 (こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)

(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old

は (は)

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

不作 (ふさく)

poor crop; crop failure

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

洪

Reading: コウ

Meanings: deluge, flood, vast

水

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-

Meaning: water

米

Readings: ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル、 こめ、 よね

Meanings: rice, USA, metre

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

作

Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り

Meanings: make, production, prepare, build