これらの国はしばしば飢饉に襲われた。
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English Translation
These countries were often visited with famine.
Furigana
これらの国 はしばしば飢饉 に襲 われた。
Romanji
Korera no kuni wa shibashiba kikin ni osowareta.
Words
これ等
(これら)
these
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
国
(くに)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
しばしば
(しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)
(blinking) repeatedly
飢饉
(ききん)
famine; drought; shortage; crop failure
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
襲う
(おそう)
to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit