地元住民と政府調査官の間に折衝がありました。

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English Translation

There was a flare-up between local residents and state regulators.

Furigana

地元(じもと)住民(じゅうみん)と政府(せいふ)調査官(ちょうさかん)の間(ま)に折衝(せっしょう)がありました。

Romanji

Jimoto jūmin to seifu chōsakan no ma ni sesshō ga arimashita.

Words

地元 (じもと)

home area; home town; local

住民 (じゅうみん)

citizens; inhabitants; residents; population

と (と)

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

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

調査官 (ちょうさかん)

examiner; investigator; inquisitor; agent

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

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

折衝 (せっしょう)

negotiation

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about