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当面の最大問題は失業である。

Sentence Analyzer

当面 最大 問題 失業 ある

English Translation

The biggest problem of the hour is unemployment.

Furigana

当面(とうめん)最大(さいだい)問題(もんだい)失業(しつぎょう)である。

Romanji

Tōmen no saidai mondai wa shitsugyō de aru.

Words

当面 (とうめん)
current; urgent; pressing; impending; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
()
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
最大 (さいだい)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
失業 (しつぎょう)
unemployment
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる
Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ
Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance