英国の通貨危機は、政府がポンドの急落をくい止められなかったことをめぐる政治危機へと発展しました。

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英国の通貨危機は、政府がぽんどの急落をくい止められなかったことをめぐる政治危機へと発展しました。

English Translation

Britain's currency crisis has turned into a political one over government failure to stop the pound from going into free-fall.

Furigana

英国(えいこく)の通貨(つうか)危機(きき)は、政府(せいふ)がポンドの急落(きゅうらく)をくい止(と)められなかったことをめぐる政治(せいじ)危機(きき)へと発展(はってん)しました。

Romanji

Eikoku no tsūka kiki wa, seifu ga pondo no kyūraku o kuitomerarenakatta koto o meguru seiji kiki e to hattenshimashita.

Words

英国 (えいこく)

Great Britain; the United Kingdom

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

通貨 (つうか)

currency

危機 (きき)

crisis; danger; risk

は (は)

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

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

が (が)

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

ポンド (ポンド)

pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling; pond

急落 (きゅうらく)

sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop

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.

食い止める (くいとめる)

to check; to hold back

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

巡る (めぐる)

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

政治 (せいじ)

politics; government

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

発展 (はってん)

development; growth; advancement; unfurling; expansion; extension; enlargement; playing around; having an active sex life