食料の供給が不足したので、我々は残された少量を配分しなければならなかった。

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English Translation

Supplies of food were low and we had to ration out the little that was left.

Furigana

食料(しょくりょう)の供給(きょうきゅう)が不足(ふそく)したので、我々(われわれ)は残(のこ)された少量(しょうりょう)を配分(はいぶん)しなければならなかった。

Romanji

Shokuryō no kyōkyū ga fusokushita node, wareware wa nokosareta shōryō o haibunshinakerebanaranakatta.

Words

食料 (しょくりょう)

food

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

供給 (きょうきゅう)

supply; provision

が (が)

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

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

残す (のこす)

to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve

小量 (しょうりょう)

small dose; small quantity; narrowmindedness

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.

配分 (はいぶん)

distribution; allotment