国会の動きはこの問題をめぐる与野党間の政治的綱引きとなった。

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English Translation

Parliamentary activity has become a political tug of war between the ruling and opposition parties over the issue.

Furigana

国会(こっかい)の動(うご)きはこの問題(もんだい)をめぐる与野党間(よやとうかん)の政治的(せいじてき)綱引(つなひ)きとなった。

Romanji

Kokkai no ugoki wa kono mondai o meguru yoyatōkan no seijiteki tsunahiki to natta.

Words

国会 (こっかい)

National Diet; parliament; congress

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

動き (うごき)

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change; fluctuation

は (は)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

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

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.

巡る (めぐる)

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

政治的 (せいじてき)

political

綱引き (つなひき)

tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)

と (と)

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

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 ...