下院は外国援助の予算を削減した。

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下院は外国援助の予算を削減した。

English Translation

The House cut the budget for foreign aid.

Furigana

下院(かいん)は外国(がいこく)援助(えんじょ)の予算(よさん)を削減(さくげん)した。

Romanji

Kain wa gaikoku enjo no yosan o sakugenshita.

Words

下院 (かいん)

lower house; lower (legislative) body

は (は)

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

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

援助 (えんじょ)

assistance; aid; support

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

予算 (よさん)

estimate; budget

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.

削減 (さくげん)

cut; reduction; curtailment