海抜の低い土地は水浸しになるだろう。このことは、人々が住むところがなくなり、農作物は塩水によって損害を受けることを意味する。

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English Translation

Low-lying lands will flood. This means that people will be left homeless and their crops will be destroyed by the salt water.

Furigana

海抜(かいばつ)の低(ひく)い土地(とち)は水浸(みずびた)しになるだろう。このことは、人々(ひとびと)が住(す)むところがなくなり、農作物(のうさくもつ)は塩水(えんすい)によって損害(そんがい)を受(う)けることを意味(いみ)する。

Romanji

Kaibatsu no hikui tochi wa mizubitashi ni naru darou. kono koto wa, hitobito ga sumu tokoro ga nakunari, nōsakumotsu wa ensui niyotte songai o ukeru koto o imisuru.

Words

海抜 (かいばつ)

height above sea level

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

低い (ひくい)

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

土地 (とち、どおじ、どじ、どち)

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

は (は)

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

水浸し (みずびたし)

flooded out; submersion

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

が (が)

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

無くなる (なくなる)

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

農作物 (のうさくぶつ)

crops; agricultural produce

塩水 (しおみず、えんすい)

salt water; brine

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

損害 (そんがい)

damage; injury; loss

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.

受ける (うける)

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge); to be given (e.g. life, talent); to follow; to succeed; to be descended from; to face (south, etc.); to be modified by; to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee; to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well

意味 (いみ)

meaning; significance