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日本政府は米国の真意が分かっているようだ。

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日本 政府 米国 真意 分かっている よう

English Translation

Tokyo seems to have got the message from Washington.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)政府(せいふ)米国(べいこく)真意(しんい)()かっているようだ。

Romanji

Nippon seifu wa Beikoku no shin'i ga wakatteiru yō da.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
政府 (せいふ)
government; administration
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
米国 (べいこく)
America; USA
()
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
真意 (しんい)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
分かる (わかる)
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん
Meanings: politics, government
Reading: 
Meanings: borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
Readings: ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル、 こめ、 よね
Meanings: rice, USA, metre
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと
Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100