水不足の時、水のありがたさを骨身にしみて感じた。

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English Translation

During the water shortage, the value of water really came home to me.

Furigana

水不足(みずぶそく)の時(とき)、水(みず)のありがたさを骨身(ほねみ)にしみて感(かん)じた。

Romanji

Mizubusoku no toki, mizu no arigatasa o honemi ni shimite kanjita.

Words

水不足 (みずぶそく)

water shortage; shortage of water supply

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

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

有難い (ありがたい)

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

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.

骨身 (ほねみ)

flesh and bones

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

染みる (しみる)

to pierce; to penetrate; to soak in; to permeate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to twinge; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to be influenced; to feel keenly; to make a deep impression

感じる (かんじる)

to feel; to sense; to experience