政府は税金を軽くした。
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English Translation
The government lightened taxes.
Furigana
Romanji
Seifu wa zeikin o karuku shita.
Words
政府
(せいふ)
government; administration
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
税金
(ぜいきん)
tax; duty
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.
軽い
(かるい、かろい)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); nimble; agile; non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial; slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; simple; indiscriminate
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
Kanji
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん
Meanings: politics, government
Reading: フ
Meanings: borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
Reading: ゼイ
Meanings: tax, duty
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold
Readings: ケイ、 かる.い、 かろ.やか、 かろ.んじる
Meanings: lightly, trifling, unimportant