どうして日本は公害がこれほどひどくなるまで放っておいたのか。
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English Translation
Why has Japan let pollution get so bad?
Furigana
どうして日本 は公害 がこれほどひどくなるまで放 っておいたのか。
Romanji
Dōshite Nippon wa kōgai ga kore hodo hidoku naru made hanatteoita no ka.
Words
如何して
(どうして)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for
日本
(にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
公害
(こうがい)
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
此れ
(これ)
this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly
程
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
酷い
(ひどい)
cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust
成る
(なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
迄
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
放つ
(はなつ)
to fire (e.g. an arrow); to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind; to free; to release; to give off (e.g. a scent); to emit (e.g. light)
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
か
(か)
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
Kanji
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: コウ、 ク、 おおやけ
Meanings: public, prince, official, governmental
Reading: ガイ
Meanings: harm, injury
Readings: ホウ、 はな.す、 -っぱな.し、 はな.つ、 はな.れる、 こ.く、 ほう.る
Meanings: set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate