２人の候補者が首位を争っている。

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２人の候補者が首位を争っている。

English Translation

The two candidates are struggling for mastery.

Furigana

２人(にん)の候補者(こうほしゃ)が首位(しゅい)を争(あらそ)っている。

Romanji

Ni nin no kōhosha ga shui o arasotteiru.

Words

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

候補者 (こうほしゃ)

candidate; applicant

が (が)

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

首位 (しゅい)

first place; head position; leading position

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.

抗う (あらがう)

to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny