この地域に覇権を主張した国家がなかったという事実に注意を払わねばならない。

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English Translation

We must pay attention to the fact that no nation claimed sovereignty over this region.

Furigana

この地域(ちいき)に覇権(はけん)を主張(しゅちょう)した国家(こっか)がなかったという事実(じじつ)に注意(ちゅうい)を払(はら)わねばならない。

Romanji

Kono chiiki ni haken o shuchōshita kokka ga nakatta toiu jijitsu ni chūi o harawanebanaranai.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

地域 (ちいき)

area; region

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

覇権 (はけん)

hegemony

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.

主張 (しゅちょう)

claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet

国家 (こっか)

state; country; nation

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

注意 (ちゅうい)

caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice

払う (はらう)

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)