医療研究では病気の原因を特定することが第一の課題の一つとされる。

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English Translation

In medical research, one of the first problems is to isolate the cause of the disease.

Furigana

医療(いりょう)研究(けんきゅう)では病気(びょうき)の原因(げんいん)を特定(とくてい)することが第(だい)一(いち)の課題(かだい)の一(ひと)つとされる。

Romanji

Iryō kenkyū de wa byōki no gen'in o tokuteisuru koto ga dai ichi no kadai no hitotsu to sareru.

Words

医療 (いりょう)

medical care; medical treatment

研究 (けんきゅう)

study; research; investigation

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

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

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

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.

特定 (とくてい)

specific; special; particular

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

が (が)

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

第 (だい)

ordinal

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

課題 (かだい)

subject; theme; issue; matter; homework; assignment; task; challenge; problem; question

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

と (と)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to