飢饉のために、家畜が餓死した。

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飢饉のために、家畜が餓死した。

English Translation

Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.

Furigana

飢饉(ききん)のために、家畜(かちく)が餓死(がし)した。

Romanji

Kikin no tameni, kachiku ga gashishita.

Words

飢饉 (ききん)

famine; drought; shortage; crop failure

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

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

家畜 (かちく)

domestic animals; livestock; cattle

が (が)

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

餓死 (がし、がしん)

(death from) starvation; starving to death