村人たちは原発反対の陳情をした。

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村人たちは原発反対の陳情をした。

English Translation

The villagers petitioned against the nuclear power plant.

Furigana

村人(むらびと)たちは原発(げんぱつ)反対(はんたい)の陳情(ちんじょう)をした。

Romanji

Murabitotachi wa genpatsu hantai no chinjō o shita.

Words

は (は)

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

原発 (げんぱつ)

nuclear power plant; nuclear power generation; primary (e.g. primary immunodeficiency syndrome)

反対 (はんたい)

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

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

陳情 (ちんじょう)

petition; appeal

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to