与党の首脳たちは政治改革法案で知恵をしぼっています。

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English Translation

Party leaders are hammering out a proposal for political reform.

Furigana

与党(よとう)の首脳(しゅのう)たちは政治(せいじ)改革(かいかく)法案(ほうあん)で知恵(ちえ)をしぼっています。

Romanji

Yotō no shunōtachi wa seiji kaikaku hōan de chie o shibotteimasu.

Words

与党 (よとう)

ruling party; government party; party in power; government

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

は (は)

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

政治 (せいじ)

politics; government

改革 (かいかく)

reform; reformation; innovation

法案 (ほうあん)

bill (law); measure

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.

知恵 (ちえ)

wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

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.

絞る (しぼる)

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort; to exploit; to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke; to drill into; to train; to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down; to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring); to stop down (lens); to turn down (e.g. radio); to bend (bow); to draw; to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize