地方自治体の時代が来たといわれてから久しい。

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地方自治体 の 時代 が 来た と いわれて から 久しい 。

English Translation

It has been long since they said the time of local government had come.

Furigana

地方自治体(ちほうじちたい)の時代(じだい)が来(き)たといわれてから久(ひさ)しい。

Romanji

Chihōjichitai no jidai ga kita to iwarete kara hisashii.

Words

地方自治体 (ちほうじちたい)

local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality

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

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

が (が)

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

来る (きたる)

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

久しい (ひさしい)

long; long-continued; old (story)

Kanji

地

Readings: チ、 ジ

Meanings: ground, earth

方

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

自

Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと

Meaning: oneself

治

Readings: ジ、 チ、 おさ.める、 おさ.まる、 なお.る、 なお.す

Meanings: reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve

体

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become

久

Readings: キュウ、 ク、 ひさ.しい

Meanings: long time, old story