マスコミが報道しなかったのはなぜ？
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English Translation
Why is it the mass media didn't report this?
Furigana
マスコミが報道 しなかったのはなぜ？
Romanji
Masukomi ga hōdōshinakatta no wa naze?
Words
マスコミ
(マスコミ)
mass communication; the media
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
報道
(ほうどう)
information; report; journalism; news; to report
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
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
何故
(なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how