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洪水で川の流れがそれた。

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洪水 流れ それた

English Translation

The flood diverted the course of the river.

Furigana

洪水(こうずい)(かわ)(なが)れがそれた。

Romanji

Kōzui de kawa no nagare ga soreta.

Words

洪水 (こうずい)
flood
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
(かわ、がわ)
river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)
()
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
流れ (ながれ)
stream; current; flow; course of events
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
逸れる (それる)
to turn aside; to turn away; to veer away; to bear off; to miss (e.g. of a bullet); to go astray; to go wild; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to stray; to wander

Kanji

Reading: コウ
Meanings: deluge, flood, vast
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: セン、 かわ
Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit