派閥内の抗争が審議に支障をきたしました。

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English Translation

Factional in-fighting threw a monkey wrench into the deliberations.

Furigana

派閥内(はばつない)の抗争(こうそう)が審議(しんぎ)に支障(ししょう)をきたしました。

Romanji

Habatsunai no kōsō ga shingi ni shishō o kitashimashita.

Words

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

抗争 (こうそう)

dispute; resistance

が (が)

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

審議 (しんぎ)

deliberation

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

支障 (ししょう)

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; 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.

来す (きたす)

to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce