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下院は外国援助の予算を削減した。

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下院 外国 援助 予算 削減した

English Translation

The House cut the budget for foreign aid.

Furigana

下院(かいん)外国(がいこく)援助(えんじょ)予算(よさん)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
()
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
()
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
()
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

Kanji

Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる
Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Reading: イン
Meanings: Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Reading: エン
Meanings: abet, help, save
Readings: ジョ、 たす.ける、 たす.かる、 す.ける、 すけ
Meanings: help, rescue, assist
Readings: ヨ、 シャ、 あらかじ.め
Meanings: beforehand, previous, myself, I
Readings: サン、 そろ
Meanings: calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability
Readings: サク、 けず.る、 はつ.る、 そ.ぐ
Meanings: plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave
Readings: ゲン、 へ.る、 へ.らす
Meanings: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry