わが国の都会は深刻な汚染問題を作り出している。

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English Translation

Our cities create serious pollution problems.

Furigana

わが国(くに)の都会(とかい)は深刻(しんこく)な汚染(おせん)問題(もんだい)を作(つく)り出(だ)している。

Romanji

Wagakuni no tokai wa shinkokuna osen mondai o tsukuridashiteiru.

Words

我が国 (わがくに)

our country; our land; one's own country

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

都会 (とかい)

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

は (は)

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

深刻 (しんこく)

serious; severe; grave; acute

汚染 (おせん)

pollution; contamination

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

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.

作り出す (つくりだす)

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create