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ところで、平河代議士は、この件にどのていどタッチしているんでしょうか。

Sentence Analyzer

ところで 平河 代議士 この どの てい たっちしている でしょう

English Translation

By the way, I wonder how much of a hand Hiragawa MP plays in this matter?

Furigana

ところで、平河(ひらかわ)代議士(だいぎし)は、この(けん)にどのていどタッチしているんでしょうか。

Romanji

Tokorode, Hirakawa daigishi wa, kono ken ni dono tei do tatchishiteiru n deshō ka.

Words

所で (ところで)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
代議士 (だいぎし)
parliamentarian; member of a congress
()
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)
(けん)
matter; case; item; affair; subject
()
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
何の (どの)
which; what (way)
(てい)
Di (ancient Chinese ethnic group); Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(ど、どう、ド)
precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much; damn; stupid; cursed
タッチ (タッチ)
touch; being involved in
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
デス (デス)
death
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: ヘイ、 ビョウ、 ヒョウ、 たい.ら、 -だいら、 ひら、 ひら-
Meanings: even, flat, peace
Readings: カ、 かわ
Meaning: river
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Reading: 
Meanings: deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
Readings: シ、 さむらい
Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Readings: ケン、 くだん
Meanings: affair, case, matter, item