今日の議題は生徒会の改選についてです。誰か立候補したい人がいたら手を挙げてください。

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English Translation

Today's agenda concerns the re-election of the student council. If anybody wishes to stand as a candidate, please raise your hand.

Furigana

今日(きょう)の議題(ぎだい)は生徒会(せいとかい)の改選(かいせん)についてです。誰(だれ)か立候補(りっこうほ)したい人(ひと)がいたら手(て)を挙(あ)げてください。

Romanji

Kyō no gidai wa seitokai no kaisen nitsuite desu. dare ka rikkōhoshitai hito ga itara te o agete kudasai.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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

議題 (ぎだい)

topic of discussion; agenda

は (は)

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

生徒会 (せいとかい)

student council

改選 (かいせん)

re-election

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

です (です)

be; is

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

か (か)

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

立候補 (りっこうほ)

announcing candidacy; becoming a candidate; bidding (to host an event e.g. Olympics, World Cup)

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

が (が)

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

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)

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

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.

上げる (あげる)

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry; to show someone (into a room); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to send someone (away); to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve; to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); to earn (something desirable); to praise; to give (an example, etc.); to cite; to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); to arrest; to nominate; to give; to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); to bear (a child); to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (of the tide) to come in; to vomit; to do for (the sake of someone else); to complete ...; to humbly do ...

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor