人々は水道水の汚染に苦しんでいる。

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人々は水道水の汚染に苦しんでいる。

English Translation

People are suffering from the contamination of the water supply.

Furigana

人々(ひとびと)は水道水(すいどうすい)の汚染(おせん)に苦(くる)しんでいる。

Romanji

Hitobito wa suidōsui no osen ni kurushindeiru.

Words

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

は (は)

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

水道水 (すいどうすい)

tap-water

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

汚染 (おせん)

pollution; contamination

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

苦しむ (くるしむ)

to suffer; to groan; to be worried