近代的な港湾施設がないために、多くの船積み業者が不便を被った。

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English Translation

The lack of modern post facilities caused trouble for many shippers.

Furigana

近代的(きんだいてき)な港湾(こうわん)施設(しせつ)がないために、多(おお)くの船積(ふなづ)み業者(ぎょうしゃ)が不便(ふべん)を被(こうむ)った。

Romanji

Kindaiteki na kōwan shisetsu ga nai tameni, ōku no funazumi gyōsha ga fuben o kōmutta.

Words

近代的 (きんだいてき)

modern

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

港湾 (こうわん)

harbours; harbors

施設 (しせつ)

institution; establishment; facility; (army) engineer

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

船積み (ふなづみ)

lading; shipment

業者 (ぎょうしゃ)

trader; merchant; vendor; manufacturer; contractor

不便 (ふべん)

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

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.

被る (かぶる、かむる)

to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself); to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden); to overlap (e.g. sound or color); to be similar; to be redundant; to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.); to close; to come to an end; to get a full house; to sell out; to blunder; to bungle; to fail; to be deceived