洪水で家の土台が削り取られた。

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洪水 で 家 の 土台 が 削り取られた 。

English Translation

The house was undermined by the flood.

Furigana

洪水(こうずい)で家(いえ)の土台(どだい)が削(けず)り取(と)られた。

Romanji

Kōzui de ie no dodai ga kezuritorareta.

Words

洪水 (こうずい)

flood

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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

土台 (どだい)

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

が (が)

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

削り取る (けずりとる)

to shave off; to scrape off

Kanji

洪

Reading: コウ

Meanings: deluge, flood, vast

水

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-

Meaning: water

家

Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち

Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

土

Readings: ド、 ト、 つち

Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey

台

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 うてな、 われ、 つかさ

Meanings: pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles

削

Readings: サク、 けず.る、 はつ.る、 そ.ぐ

Meanings: plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up