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評論家たちは、保護貿易主義について人騒がせのうそを言っています。

Sentence Analyzer

評論家たち 保護 貿易 主義 について 人騒がせ うそ 言っています

English Translation

Critics are just crying wolf about protectionism.

Furigana

評論家(ひょうろんか)たちは、保護(ほご)貿易(ぼうえき)主義(しゅぎ)について人騒(ひとさわ)がせのうそを()っています。

Romanji

Hyōronkatachi wa, hogo bōeki shugi nitsuite hitosawagase no uso o itteimasu.

Words

()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
保護 (ほご、ほうご)
care; protection; shelter; safeguard; guardianship; favor; favour; patronage
貿易 (ぼうえき)
trade (foreign)
主義 (しゅぎ)
doctrine; rule; principle
に就いて (について)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
人騒がせ (ひとさわがせ)
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
()
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
(うそ、ウソ)
Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula); Japanese bullfinch
()
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.
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

Kanji

Reading: ヒョウ
Meanings: evaluate, criticism, comment
Reading: ロン
Meanings: argument, discourse
Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち
Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Readings: ホ、 ホウ、 たも.つ
Meanings: protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
Readings: ゴ、 まも.る
Meanings: safeguard, protect
貿
Reading: ボウ
Meanings: trade, exchange
Readings: エキ、 イ、 やさ.しい、 やす.い
Meanings: easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Reading: 
Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ソウ、 さわ.ぐ、 うれい、 さわ.がしい
Meanings: boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word