与党は前の選挙で過半数を占めた。

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与党は前の選挙で過半数を占めた。

English Translation

The government got their majority at the last election.

Furigana

与党(よとう)は前(まえ)の選挙(せんきょ)で過半数(かはんすう)を占(し)めた。

Romanji

Yotō wa mae no senkyo de kahansū o shimeta.

Words

与党 (よとう)

ruling party; government party; party in power; government

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

選挙 (せんきょ)

election

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

過半数 (かはんすう)

majority

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.

占める (しめる)

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up