洪水のあとに粘土の層が残った。

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洪水のあとに粘土の層が残った。

English Translation

The flood deposited a layer of mud.

Furigana

洪水(こうずい)のあとに粘土(ねんど)の層(そう)が残(のこ)った。

Romanji

Kōzui no ato ni nendo no sō ga nokotta.

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

後 (あと)

behind; rear; after; later; after one's death; remainder; the rest; descendant; successor; heir; past; previous; more (e.g. five more minutes); left

に (に)

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

粘土 (ねんど、ねばつち)

clay

層 (そう)

layer; seam; bed; stream; class; sheaf; storey (of a building); story; floor

が (が)

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

残る (のこる)

to remain; to be left