「冬の時代」が大学改革の起爆剤となってくれればと思う。

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English Translation

So-called "winter time" is expected to enhance the college reform.

Furigana

「冬(ふゆ)の時代(じだい)」が大学(だいがく)改革(かいかく)の起爆剤(きばくざい)となってくれればと思(おも)う。

Romanji

" fuyu no jidai" ga daigaku kaikaku no kibakuzai to nattekurereba to omou.

Words

冬 (ふゆ)

winter

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

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

が (が)

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

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

改革 (かいかく)

reform; reformation; innovation

起爆剤 (きばくざい)

triggering explosive

と (と)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember