両国の間では貿易摩擦がいつ生じてもおかしくない。

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English Translation

Trade friction might arise between the nations at any moment.

Furigana

両国(りょうこく)の間(ま)では貿易(ぼうえき)摩擦(まさつ)がいつ生(しょう)じてもおかしくない。

Romanji

Ryōkoku no ma de wa bōeki masatsu ga i tsu shōjite mo okashikunai.

Words

両国 (りょうこく、りょうごく)

both countries; Ryougoku (area of Tokyo)

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

貿易 (ぼうえき)

trade (foreign)

摩擦 (まさつ)

friction; rubbing; rubdown; chafe

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

生じる (しょうじる)

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

可笑しい (おかしい)

funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous; strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; unusual; eccentric; improper; unsuitable; unbecoming; suspicious