彼らの民族主義がその戦争の原因の一つだった。

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English Translation

Their nationalism was one cause of the war.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らの民族(みんぞく)主義(しゅぎ)がその戦争(せんそう)の原因(げんいん)の一(ひと)つだった。

Romanji

Karera no minzoku shugi ga sono sensō no gen'in no hitotsu datta.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

民族 (みんぞく)

people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

主義 (しゅぎ)

doctrine; rule; principle

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

戦争 (せんそう)

war

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

だ (だ)

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