工場の廃棄物が私達の川を汚すことがある。

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English Translation

Factory waste sometimes pollutes our rivers.

Furigana

工場(こうじょう)の廃棄物(はいきぶつ)が私達(わたしたち)の川(かわ)を汚(けが)すことがある。

Romanji

Kōjō no haikibutsu ga watashitachi no kawa o kegasu koto ga aru.

Words

工場 (こうじょう、こうば)

factory; plant; mill; workshop

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

廃棄物 (はいきぶつ)

waste matter; waste; garbage; trash

が (が)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

川 (かわ、がわ)

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

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.

汚す (よごす、けがす)

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about