その問題で上院議員の意見が分かれた。

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その問題で上院議員の意見が分かれた。

English Translation

The issue divided the senators.

Furigana

その問題(もんだい)で上院(じょういん)議員(ぎいん)の意見(いけん)が分(わ)かれた。

Romanji

Sono mondai de Jōin giin no iken ga wakareta.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

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

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

上院 (じょういん)

Upper House; Senate; Lords

議員 (ぎいん)

member of the Diet, congress or parliament

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

意見 (いけん)

opinion; view; comment

が (が)

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

分かれる (わかれる)

to branch; to fork; to diverge; to separate; to split; to divide; to disperse; to scatter