大都市では騒動が起こる可能性が大変大きい。

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English Translation

Big cities have too high a potential for riots.

Furigana

大都市(だいとし)では騒動(そうどう)が起(お)こる可能性(かのうせい)が大変(たいへん)大(おお)きい。

Romanji

Daitoshi de wa sōdō ga okoru kanōsei ga taihen ōkii.

Words

大都市 (だいとし)

metropolis; large city

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

騒動 (そうどう)

strife; riot; rebellion; turmoil; (media) uproar; brouhaha; (public) outcry; feud; tussle; quarrel; dispute

が (が)

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

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

可能性 (かのうせい)

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

大きい (おおきい)

big; large; great; loud

Kanji

大

Readings: ダイ、タイ、おお-、おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

都

Readings: ト、ツ、みやこ

Meanings: metropolis, capital

市

Readings: シ、いち

Meanings: market, city, town

騒

Readings: ソウ、さわ.ぐ、うれい、さわ.がしい

Meanings: boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite

動

Readings: ドウ、うご.く、うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

起

Readings: キ、お.きる、お.こる、お.こす、おこ.す、た.つ

Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up

可

Readings: カ、コク、 -べ.き、 -べ.し

Meanings: can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not

能

Readings: ノウ、よ.く

Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity

性

Readings: セイ、ショウ、さが

Meanings: sex, gender, nature

変

Readings: ヘン、か.わる、か.わり、か.える

Meanings: unusual, change, strange