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原住民は雨水をためて飲料水にしている。

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原住民 雨水 ためて 飲料水 している

English Translation

The natives collect and store rain-water to drink.

Furigana

原住民(げんじゅうみん)雨水(あまみず)をためて飲料水(いんりょうすい)にしている。

Romanji

Genjūmin wa amamizu o tamete inryōsui ni shiteiru.

Words

原住民 (げんじゅうみん)
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
雨水 (あまみず、うすい)
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. Feb 19)
()
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.
矯める (ためる)
to straighten; to correct; to cure; to falsify
飲料水 (いんりょうすい)
drinking water
()
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
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい
Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit
Readings: ミン、 たみ
Meanings: people, nation, subjects
Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ
Meaning: rain
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: イン、 オン、 の.む、 -の.み
Meanings: drink, smoke, take
Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials