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日本の土地問題には簡単な解決策はない。

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日本 土地 問題 簡単な 解決策 ない

English Translation

There are no easy answers to the land problem in Japan.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)土地(とち)問題(もんだい)には簡単(かんたん)解決策(かいけつさく)はない。

Romanji

Nippon no tochi mondai ni wa kantanna kaiketsusaku wa nai.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
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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
土地 (とち、どおじ、どじ、どち)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
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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
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topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
簡単 (かんたん)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
解決策 (かいけつさく)
solution; solution strategy
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

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: ド、 ト、 つち
Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: カン、 ケン、 えら.ぶ、 ふだ
Meanings: simplicity, brevity
Readings: タン、 ひとえ
Meanings: simple, one, single, merely
Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る
Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Reading: サク
Meanings: scheme, plan, policy, step, means