地方自治体が中央政府に服従することは必ずしも正しいとは思わない。

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English Translation

I don't think it's always right for local governments to submit to the central government.

Furigana

地方自治体(ちほうじちたい)が中央(ちゅうおう)政府(せいふ)に服従(ふくじゅう)することは必(かなら)ずしも正(ただ)しいとは思(おも)わない。

Romanji

Chihōjichitai ga chūō seifu ni fukujūsuru koto wa kanarazushimo tadashii to wa omowanai.

Words

地方自治体 (ちほうじちたい)

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

が (が)

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

中央 (ちゅうおう)

centre; center; middle; heart; metropolis; capital city; central government

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

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

服従 (ふくじゅう)

obedience; submission; resignation

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

は (は)

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

必ずしも (かならずしも)

not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely

正しい (ただしい)

right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful

と (と)

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

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember