小泉首相が「憲法違反だから靖国神社参拝しちゃいかんという人がいます」と語った。

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English Translation

Prime Minister Koizumi said, "There are people who say that, because it's unconstitutional, I should not pray at the Yasukuni Shrine".

Furigana

小泉(こいずみ)首相(しゅしょう)が「憲法(けんぽう)違反(いはん)だから靖国神社(やすくにじんじゃ)参拝(さんぱい)しちゃいかんという人(ひと)がいます」と語(かた)った。

Romanji

Koizumi shushō ga" kenpō ihan da kara Yasukunijinja sanpaishi cha ikan toiu hito ga imasu" to katatta.

Words

首相 (しゅしょう)

Prime Minister; Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); Premier

が (が)

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

憲法 (けんぽう)

constitution

違反 (いはん)

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement; contravention

だ (だ)

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

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

靖国神社 (やすくにじんじゃ)

Yasukuni Shrine

参拝 (さんぱい)

visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

茶 (ちゃ)

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; mockery

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

と (と)

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

語る (かたる)

to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show