その工場の廃棄物は深刻な環境汚染を引き起こした。

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English Translation

The factory waste gave rise to serious environmental pollution.

Furigana

その工場(こうじょう)の廃棄物(はいきぶつ)は深刻(しんこく)な環境(かんきょう)汚染(おせん)を引(ひ)き起(お)こした。

Romanji

Sono kōjō no haikibutsu wa shinkokuna kankyō osen o hikiokoshita.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

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

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

深刻 (しんこく)

serious; severe; grave; acute

環境 (かんきょう)

environment; circumstance

汚染 (おせん)

pollution; contamination

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.

引き起こす (ひきおこす)

to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)