政府は貧困を一掃することを約束した。

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政府は貧困を一掃することを約束した。

English Translation

The government promised to wipe out poverty.

Furigana

政府(せいふ)は貧困(ひんこん)を一掃(いっそう)することを約束(やくそく)した。

Romanji

Seifu wa hinkon o issōsuru koto o yakusokushita.

Words

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

は (は)

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

貧困 (ひんこん)

poor; needy; lacking; meagre; meager

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.

一掃 (いっそう)

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

約束 (やくそく)

promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date; convention; rule; destiny; fate