ときどき、とても愛されてきた古い建物を取り壊して、アパートを建てる場所を作ろうという提案が、あらしのような怒りの抗議を招くことがある。

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English Translation

From time to time, a proposal to pull down a much-loved old building to make room for a new block of flats, raises a storm of angry protest.

Furigana

ときどき、とても愛(あい)されてきた古(ふる)い建物(たてもの)を取(と)り壊(こわ)して、アパートを建(た)てる場所(ばしょ)を作(つく)ろうという提案(ていあん)が、あらしのような怒(いか)りの抗議(こうぎ)を招(まね)くことがある。

Romanji

Tokidoki, totemo aisaretekita furui tatemono o torikowashite, apa-to o tateru basho o tsukurou toiu teian ga, arashi no yōna ikari no kōgi o maneku koto ga aru.

Words

時々 (ときどき)

sometimes; at times

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

愛す (あいす)

to love

古い (ふるい)

old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article

建物 (たてもの)

building

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.

取り壊す (とりこわす)

to demolish; to tear or pull down

アパート (アパート)

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

建てる (たてる)

to build; to construct

場所 (ばしょ)

place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

提案 (ていあん)

proposal; proposition; suggestion

が (が)

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

暴風雨 (ぼうふうう、あらし)

storm; rainstorm

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

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

怒り (いかり)

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

抗議 (こうぎ)

protest; objection

招く (まねく)

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to; to call in; to send for; to summon; to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about