レーガン大統領の税政策はまだ功を奏していない。

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English Translation

President Reagan's tax program has not worked.

Furigana

レーガン大統領(だいとうりょう)の税政策(ぜいせいさく)はまだ功(こう)を奏(そう)していない。

Romanji

Re-Gan daitōryō no zeiseisaku wa mada kō o sōshiteinai.

Words

大統領 (だいとうりょう)

president; chief executive

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

は (は)

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

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with

功 (こう)

merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

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.

奏す (そうす)

to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish