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洪水のおそれがあって町の全員の避難が必要になった。

Sentence Analyzer

洪水 それ あって 全員 避難 必要 なった

English Translation

The threatening floods made it necessary to evacuate the town.

Furigana

洪水(こうずい)のおそれがあって(まち)全員(ぜんいん)避難(ひなん)必要(ひつよう)になった。

Romanji

Kōzui no o sore ga atte machi no zen'in no hinan ga hitsuyō ni natta.

Words

洪水 (こうずい)
flood
()
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
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
其れ (それ)
that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
(まち、ちょう)
town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
全員 (ぜんいん)
all members (unanimity); all hands; the whole crew; everyone; everybody
避難 (ひなん)
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

Reading: コウ
Meanings: deluge, flood, vast
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: チョウ、 まち
Meanings: town, village, block, street
Readings: ゼン、 まった.く、 すべ.て
Meanings: whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: ヒ、 さ.ける、 よ.ける
Meanings: evade, avoid, avert, ward off, shirk, shun
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to