火山の噴火に続いて飢饉が訪れた。

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火山の噴火に続いて飢饉が訪れた。

English Translation

Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.

Furigana

火山(かざん)の噴火(ふんか)に続(つづ)いて飢饉(ききん)が訪(おとず)れた。

Romanji

Kazan no funka ni tsuzuite kikin ga otozureta.

Words

火山 (かざん)

volcano

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

噴火 (ふんか)

eruption

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

続く (つづく)

to continue; to last; to go on; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin; to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to; to hold out; to keep; to last

飢饉 (ききん)

famine; drought; shortage; crop failure

が (が)

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

訪れる (おとずれる、おとづれる)

to visit; to call on; to arrive; to come; to appear