１０年経って、世界に石油が不足すると仮定しよう。工業国に何が起こるだろうか。

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English Translation

Suppose there was a worldwide oil shortage in ten years' time. What would happen to the industrialised countries?

Furigana

１０年(ねん)経(た)って、世界(せかい)に石油(せきゆ)が不足(ふそく)すると仮定(かてい)しよう。工業国(こうぎょうこく)に何(なに)が起(お)こるだろうか。

Romanji

Ichi zero nen tatte, sekai ni sekiyu ga fusokusuru to kateishiyou. kōgyōkoku ni nani ga okoru darou ka.

Words

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

経つ (たつ)

to pass; to lapse

世界 (せかい)

the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; realm governed by one Buddha; space

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

石油 (せきゆ)

oil; petroleum; kerosene

が (が)

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

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

仮定 (かてい)

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

工業国 (こうぎょうこく)

industrialized nation; industrialised nation

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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