絶滅の危機に瀕した海洋生物を保護する為に募金が設立された。

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English Translation

A fund was set up to preserve endangered marine life.

Furigana

絶滅(ぜつめつ)の危機(きき)に瀕(ひん)した海洋(かいよう)生物(せいぶつ)を保護(ほご)する為(ため)に募金(ぼきん)が設立(せつりつ)された。

Romanji

Zetsumetsu no kiki ni hinshita kaiyō seibutsu o hogosuru tameni bokin ga setsuritsusareta.

Words

絶滅 (ぜつめつ)

destruction; extinction

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

危機 (きき)

crisis; danger; risk

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

海洋 (かいよう)

ocean

生物 (せいぶつ)

living things; creature; biology

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.

保護 (ほご、ほうご)

care; protection; shelter; safeguard; guardianship; favor; favour; patronage

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

募金 (ぼきん)

fund-raising; collection of funds

が (が)

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

設立 (せつりつ)

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)