政府はスーダンの人権状況への関心を高めるために尽力してきた団体を黙らせることに懸命になっているようだ。

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政府はすーだんの人権状況への関心を高めるために尽力してきた団体を黙らせることに懸命になっているようだ。

English Translation

The Government seems intent upon silencing an organization which has done so much to raise awareness of the human rights situation in Sudan.

Furigana

政府(せいふ)はスーダンの人権(じんけん)状況(じょうきょう)への関心(かんしん)を高(たか)めるために尽力(じんりょく)してきた団体(だんたい)を黙(だま)らせることに懸命(けんめい)になっているようだ。

Romanji

Seifu wa Su-Dan no jinken jōkyō e no kanshin o takameru tameni jinryokushitekita dantai o damaraseru koto ni kenmei ni natteiru yō da.

Words

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

蘇丹 (スーダン)

Sudan

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

人権 (じんけん)

human rights; civil liberties

状況 (じょうきょう)

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

関心 (かんしん)

concern; interest

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

高める (たかめる)

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

尽力 (じんりょく)

efforts; assistance

団体 (だんたい)

organization; organisation; association

黙る (だまる)

to be silent

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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

懸命 (けんめい)

eagerness; earnestness; risking one's life

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 ...

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

だ (だ)

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