中立の国がその論争の解決に貢献する事が求められていた。

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English Translation

A neutral country was asked to help settle the dispute.

Furigana

中立(ちゅうりつ)の国(くに)がその論争(ろんそう)の解決(かいけつ)に貢献(こうけん)する事(こと)が求(もと)められていた。

Romanji

Chūritsu no kuni ga sono ronsō no kaiketsu ni kōkensuru koto ga motomerareteita.

Words

中立 (ちゅうりつ)

neutrality

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

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

論争 (ろんそう)

controversy; dispute

解決 (かいけつ)

settlement; solution; resolution

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

貢献 (こうけん)

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

求める (もとめる)

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to purchase; to buy