当時日本は、数多くの外交問題に直面していた。

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English Translation

At the time, Japan was faced with a host of diplomatic problems.

Furigana

当時(とうじ)日本(にっぽん)は、数多(かずおお)くの外交(がいこう)問題(もんだい)に直面(ちょくめん)していた。

Romanji

Tōji Nippon wa, kazuōku no gaikō mondai ni chokumenshiteita.

Words

当時 (とうじ)

at that time; in those days

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

は (は)

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

数多く (かずおおく)

in great numbers

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

外交 (がいこう)

diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

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

に (に)

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

直面 (ちょくめん)

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter