一般大衆は、公金がどのように使われるのかについての情報を知る権利がある。

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English Translation

The public is entitled to information about how public money is spent.

Furigana

一般(いっぱん)大衆(たいしゅう)は、公金(こうきん)がどのように使(つか)われるのかについての情報(じょうほう)を知(し)る権利(けんり)がある。

Romanji

Ippan taishū wa, kōkin ga dono yōni tsukawareru no ka nitsuite no jōhō o shiru kenri ga aru.

Words

一般 (いっぱん)

general; universal; ordinary; average; common

大衆 (たいしゅう)

general public; the masses

は (は)

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

公金 (こうきん)

public funds

が (が)

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

何の (どの)

which; what (way)

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

情報 (じょうほう)

information; news; intelligence; advices; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

権利 (けんり)

right; privilege

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about