洪水で家の土台が削り取られた。

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洪水で家の土台が削り取られた。

English Translation

The house was undermined by the flood.

Furigana

洪水(こうずい)で家(いえ)の土台(どだい)が削(けず)り取(と)られた。

Romanji

Kōzui de ie no dodai ga kezuritorareta.

Words

洪水 (こうずい)

flood

で (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.

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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

土台 (どだい)

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

が (が)

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

削り取る (けずりとる)

to shave off; to scrape off