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もう少し諸規則の弾力的運用はできないか。

Sentence Analyzer

もう少し 規則 弾力的 運用 できない

English Translation

Can't you apply the rules a little more elastically?

Furigana

もう(すこ)(しょ)規則(きそく)弾力的(だんりょくてき)運用(うんよう)はできないか。

Romanji

Mōsukoshi sho kisoku no danryokuteki un'yō wa dekinai ka.

Words

もう少し (もうすこし)
a bit more; a bit longer
(しょ)
various; many; several
規則 (きそく)
rules; regulations; conventions
()
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
弾力的 (だんりょくてき)
elastic; flexible
運用 (うんよう)
making use of; application; practical use; investment; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
()
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

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ショ、 もろ
Meanings: various, many, several, together
Reading: 
Meanings: standard, measure
Readings: ソク、 のっと.る
Meanings: rule, follow, based on, model after
Readings: ダン、 タン、 ひ.く、 -ひ.き、 はず.む、 たま、 はじ.く、 はじ.ける、 ただ.す、 はじ.きゆみ
Meanings: bullet, twang, flip, snap
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: ウン、 はこ.ぶ
Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ