今日のトピックは「北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題」です。

Sentence Analyzer

今日のとぴっくは「北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題」です。

English Translation

Today's topic is "the problem of Japanese people abducted by North Korea".

Furigana

今日(きょう)のトピックは「北朝鮮(きたちょうせん)による日本人(にっぽんじん)拉致(らち)問題(もんだい)」です。

Romanji

Kyō no topikku wa" Kitachōsen niyoru nipponjin rachi mondai" desu.

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

トピック (トピック)

topic

は (は)

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

北朝鮮 (きたちょうせん)

North Korea

に依る (による)

by means of; due to; because of; according to

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

拉致 (らち)

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

です (です)

be; is