まず、市長あてに、請願書を提出して、署名運動をしています。

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English Translation

First, we will present a petition to the mayor and collect signatures.

Furigana

まず、市長(しちょう)あてに、請願書(せいがんしょ)を提出(ていしゅつ)して、署名(しょめい)運動(うんどう)をしています。

Romanji

Mazu, shichōate ni, seigansho o teishutsushite, shomei undō o shiteimasu.

Words

先ず (まず)

first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)

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

請願書 (せいがんしょ)

(a written) petition

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.

提出 (ていしゅつ)

to present; to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis); to hand in; to file; to turn in; presentation; submission; filing

署名 (しょめい)

signature

運動 (うんどう)

exercise; physical training; work-out; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying; motion; movement

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to