圧倒的多数がその残酷な刑罰を廃止することに票を投じた。

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English Translation

An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.

Furigana

圧倒的(あっとうてき)多数(たすう)がその残酷(ざんこく)な刑罰(けいばつ)を廃止(はいし)することに票(ひょう)を投(とう)じた。

Romanji

Attōteki tasū ga sono zankokuna keibatsu o haishisuru koto ni hyō o tōjita.

Words

圧倒的 (あっとうてき)

overwhelming

多数 (たすう)

great number; countless; majority

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

残酷 (ざんこく)

cruelty; harshness

刑罰 (けいばつ)

judgement; judgment; penalty; punishment

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.

廃止 (はいし)

abolition; repeal

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

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

票 (ひょう)

vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag; stub

投じる (とうじる)

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give; to surrender; to take advantage of; to make full use of; to fit well with; to match with; to be in tune with; to stay (at a lodging)