国土安全保障省の主要業務は、米国内のテロ攻撃を未然に防ぎ、万一、発生した場合は、被害を最小限に食い止め、速やかな復旧を実施することにある。

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English Translation

The Department of Homeland Security's primary function is the prevention of terrorist attacks occurring within America and, in the extreme case of an attack happening, holding losses to the smallest possible level and swiftly carrying out restoration.

Furigana

国土(こくど)安全(あんぜん)保障省(ほしょうしょう)の主要(しゅよう)業務(ぎょうむ)は、米国内(べいこくない)のテロ攻撃(こうげき)を未然(みぜん)に防(ふせ)ぎ、万一(まんいち)、発生(はっせい)した場合(ばあい)は、被害(ひがい)を最小限(さいしょうげん)に食(く)い止(と)め、速(すみ)やかな復旧(ふっきゅう)を実施(じっし)することにある。

Romanji

Kokudo anzen hoshōshō no shuyō gyōmu wa, Beikokunai no tero kōgeki o mizen ni fusegi, man'ichi, hasseishita baai wa, higai o saishōgen ni kuitome, sumiyakana fukkyū o jisshisuru koto ni aru.

Words

国土 (こくど、くにつち)

country; territory; domain; realm

安全 (あんぜん)

safety; security

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

主要 (しゅよう)

chief; main; principal; major

業務 (ぎょうむ)

business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task; action; function; (business) operations; operational

は (は)

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

テロ (テロ)

terror; terrorism

攻撃 (こうげき)

attack; strike; offensive; criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation

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.

未然 (みぜん)

before it happens; previously

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

防ぐ (ふせぐ)

to defend (against); to protect; to prevent

万一 (まんいち、ばんいち、まんいつ、ばんいつ)

emergency; unlikely event; by some chance; by some possibility

発生 (はっせい)

outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; origin; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

場合 (ばあい)

case; situation

被害 (ひがい)

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

最小限 (さいしょうげん)

minimum; lowest

食い止める (くいとめる)

to check; to hold back

速やか (すみやか)

speedy; prompt; smooth

復旧 (ふっきゅう、ふくきゅう)

restoration; restitution; rehabilitation

実施 (じっし)

enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters); enactment

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

国

Readings: コク、くに

Meaning: country

土

Readings: ド、ト、つち

Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey

安

Readings: アン、やす.い、やす.まる、やす、やす.らか

Meanings: relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful

全

Readings: ゼン、まった.く、すべ.て

Meanings: whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill

保

Readings: ホ、ホウ、たも.つ

Meanings: protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support

障

Readings: ショウ、さわ.る

Meanings: hinder, hurt, harm

省

Readings: セイ、ショウ、かえり.みる、はぶ.く

Meanings: focus, government ministry, conserve

主

Readings: シュ、ス、シュウ、ぬし、おも、あるじ

Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

要

Readings: ヨウ、い.る、かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

業

Readings: ギョウ、ゴウ、わざ

Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance

務

Readings: ム、つと.める

Meanings: task, duties

米

Readings: ベイ、マイ、メエトル、こめ、よね

Meanings: rice, USA, metre

内

Readings: ナイ、ダイ、うち

Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home

攻

Readings: コウ、せ.める

Meanings: aggression, attack, criticize, polish

撃

Readings: ゲキ、う.つ

Meanings: beat, attack, defeat, conquer

未

Readings: ミ、ビ、いま.だ、ま.だ、ひつじ

Meanings: un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac

然

Readings: ゼン、ネン、しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ

Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

防

Readings: ボウ、ふせ.ぐ

Meanings: ward off, defend, protect, resist

万

Readings: マン、バン、よろず

Meanings: ten thousand, 10,000

一

Readings: イチ、イツ、ひと-、ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

発

Readings: ハツ、ホツ、た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす、はな.つ

Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

場

Readings: ジョウ、チョウ、ば

Meanings: location, place

合

Readings: ゴウ、ガッ、カッ、あ.う、 -あ.う、あ.い、あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、あ.わす、あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる

Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1

被

Readings: ヒ、こうむ.る、おお.う、かぶ.る、かぶ.せる

Meanings: incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving

害

Reading: ガイ

Meanings: harm, injury

最

Readings: サイ、シュ、もっと.も、つま

Meanings: utmost, most, extreme

小

Readings: ショウ、ちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ-

Meanings: little, small

限

Readings: ゲン、かぎ.る、かぎ.り、 -かぎ.り

Meanings: limit, restrict, to best of ability

食

Readings: ショク、ジキ、く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む

Meanings: eat, food

止

Readings: シ、と.まる、 -ど.まり、と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、とど.める、とど.め、とど.まる、や.める、や.む、 -や.む、よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し

Meanings: stop, halt

速

Readings: ソク、はや.い、はや-、はや.める、すみ.やか

Meanings: quick, fast

復

Readings: フク、また

Meanings: restore, return to, revert, resume

旧

Readings: キュウ、ふる.い、もと

Meanings: old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-

実

Readings: ジツ、シツ、み、みの.る、まこと、みの、みち.る

Meanings: reality, truth

施

Readings: シ、セ、ほどこ.す

Meanings: give, bestow, perform, alms