政府は特に高額の所得に対して特別税を課すことを決定した。

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English Translation

The government decided to impose a special tax on very high incomes.

Furigana

政府(せいふ)は特(とく)に高額(こうがく)の所得(しょとく)に対(たい)して特別(とくべつ)税(ぜい)を課(か)すことを決定(けってい)した。

Romanji

Seifu wa tokuni kōgaku no shotoku nitaishite tokubetsu zei o kasu koto o ketteishita.

Words

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

は (は)

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

特に (とくに)

particularly; especially

高額 (こうがく)

large sum (money)

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

所得 (しょとく)

income; earnings

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

特別 (とくべつ)

special

税 (ぜい)

tax

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.

課す (かす)

to levy; to charge; to assess; to impose; to assign

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

決定 (けってい)

decision; determination