洪水が大きな被害をひき起こす。

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洪水が大きな被害をひき起こす。

English Translation

The flood caused a lot of damage.

Furigana

洪水(こうずい)が大(おお)きな被害(ひがい)をひき起(お)こす。

Romanji

Kōzui ga ōkina higai o hiki okosu.

Words

洪水 (こうずい)

flood

が (が)

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

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

被害 (ひがい)

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

轢く (ひく)

to run somebody over (with vehicle); to knock someone down

起こす (おこす)

to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)