先生たちはその問題をめぐって賛否が分かれた。
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English Translation
The teachers were divided on the issue.
Furigana
Romanji
Senseitachi wa sono mondai omegutte sanpi ga wakareta.
Words
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
其の
(その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
問題
(もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
を巡って
(をめぐって)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
賛否
(さんぴ)
yes and no; for and against
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
分かれる
(わかれる)
to branch; to fork; to diverge; to separate; to split; to divide; to disperse; to scatter
Kanji
Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: サン、 たす.ける、 たた.える
Meanings: approve, praise, title or inscription on picture, assist, agree with
Readings: ヒ、 いな、 いや
Meanings: negate, no, noes, refuse, decline, deny
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100