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オバマ候補の経済政策チームはどうやら錚々たる新自由主義者たちのようだ。

Sentence Analyzer

オバマ 候補 経済 政策 チーム どうやら たる 自由 主義者たち よう

English Translation

Presidential candidate Obama's economics team seems to be made up of distinguished neoliberals.

Furigana

オバマ候補(こうほ)経済(けいざい)政策(せいさく)チームはどうやら()()たる(しん)自由(じゆう)主義者(しゅぎしゃ)たちのようだ。

Romanji

Obama kōho no keizai seisaku chi-mu wa dōyara taru shin jiyū shugishatachi no yō da.

Words

候補 (こうほ)
candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list; candidacy; candidature; nomination
()
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
経済 (けいざい)
economics; business; finance; economy
政策 (せいさく)
political measures; policy
チーム (チーム、ティーム)
team
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
どうやら (どうやら)
it seems like; it appears that; somehow or other
(くりかえし、おなじ、おなじく、のま、どうのじてん)
repetition of kanji (sometimes voiced)
たり (たり、だり)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action
(しん)
new; neo-; Gregorian calendar; Xin (dynasty of China)
自由 (じゆう)
freedom; liberty; as it pleases you
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 そうろう
Meanings: climate, season, weather, wait for, expect
Readings: ホ、 おぎな.う
Meanings: supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner
Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 へ.る、 た.つ、 たていと、 はか.る、 のり
Meanings: sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
Readings: サイ、 セイ、 す.む、 -ず.み、 -ずみ、 す.まない、 す.ます、 -す.ます、 すく.う、 な.す、 わたし、 わた.る
Meanings: finish, come to an end, excusable, need not
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん
Meanings: politics, government
Reading: サク
Meanings: scheme, plan, policy, step, means
Reading: ソウ
Meaning: gong
Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 ユイ、 よし、 よ.る
Meanings: wherefore, a reason
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Reading: 
Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person