長い間、雨が全然降っていません。つまり、４月の初めから降っていないのです。

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English Translation

We've had no rain for ages; in fact, not since the beginning of April.

Furigana

長(なが)い間(ま)、雨(あめ)が全然(ぜんぜん)降(ふ)っていません。つまり、４月(しがつ)の初(はじ)めから降(ふ)っていないのです。

Romanji

Nagai ma, ame ga zenzen futteimasen. tsumari, shigatsu no hajime kara futteinai no desu.

Words

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

雨 (あめ)

rain

が (が)

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

全然 (ぜんぜん)

not at all (with neg. verb); wholly; entirely; completely

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

詰まり (つまり)

that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically; clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage; shrinkage; end; conclusion; dead end; corner; distress; being at the end of one's rope

四月 (しがつ)

April

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

始め (はじめ)

beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

です (です)

be; is