大部分の日本人が増税に反対した。

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大部分の日本人が増税に反対した。

English Translation

Most Japanese opposed a tax increase.

Furigana

大(だい)部分(ぶぶん)の日本人(にっぽんじん)が増税(ぞうぜい)に反対(はんたい)した。

Romanji

Dai bubun no nipponjin ga zōzei ni hantaishita.

Words

大 (おお)

big; large

部分 (ぶぶん)

portion; section; part

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

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

が (が)

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

増税 (ぞうぜい)

tax increase

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

反対 (はんたい)

opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissension; reverse; opposite; vice versa; contrast