洪水のため、川の流れが変わった。

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洪水のため、川の流れが変わった。

English Translation

The course of the river has been diverted by the flood.

Furigana

洪水(こうずい)のため、川(かわ)の流(なが)れが変(か)わった。

Romanji

Kōzui no tame, kawa no nagare ga kawatta.

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

川 (かわ、がわ)

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

流れ (ながれ)

stream; current; flow; course of events

が (が)

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

変わる (かわる)

to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual