内紛が党の分裂したもとです。

Sentence Analyzer

内紛が党の分裂したもとです。

English Translation

Strife is the rock on which the party split.

Furigana

内紛(ないふん)が党(とう)の分裂(ぶんれつ)したもとです。

Romanji

Naifun ga tō no bunretsushita moto desu.

Words

内紛 (ないふん)

domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting

が (が)

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

党 (とう)

party (political); faction; -ite

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

分裂 (ぶんれつ)

split; division; break up

元 (もと)

origin; source; base; basis; foundation; root; cause; ingredient; material; (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location; original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (plant) root; (tree) trunk; first section of a waka; counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip

です (です)

be; is