ごみの投げ捨てを禁止する法律はあるがめったに適用されない。

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English Translation

There is a law against dropping litter but it is rarely enforced.

Furigana

ごみの投(な)げ捨(す)てを禁止(きんし)する法律(ほうりつ)はあるがめったに適用(てきよう)されない。

Romanji

Gomi no nagesute o kinshisuru hōritsu wa aru ga mettani tekiyōsarenai.

Words

塵 (ごみ、ゴミ、あくた)

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

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

投げ捨てる (なげすてる)

to throw away

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.

禁止 (きんし)

prohibition; inhibition; ban

法律 (ほうりつ)

law

は (は)

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

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

が (が)

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

滅多に (めったに)

rarely; seldom