洪水が私の家を川に押し流した。

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洪水が私の家を川に押し流した。

English Translation

The flood waters tumbled my house into the river.

Furigana

洪水(こうずい)が私(わたし)の家(いえ)を川(かわ)に押(おなが)し流()した。

Romanji

Kōzui ga watashi no ie o kawa ni oshinagashita.

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

家 (いえ)

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

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.

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

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

押し流す (おしながす)

to wash away