政府は史上最大の赤字をかかえています。

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政府は史上最大の赤字をかかえています。

English Translation

The government is running its largest deficit ever.

Furigana

政府(せいふ)は史上(しじょう)最大(さいだい)の赤字(あかじ)をかかえています。

Romanji

Seifu wa shijō saidai no akaji o kakaeteimasu.

Words

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

は (は)

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

史上 (しじょう)

historical

最大 (さいだい)

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

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

赤字 (あかじ)

deficit; (being in or going into) the red; red text; red letters; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

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.

抱える (かかえる)

to hold or carry under or in the arms; to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.); to employ; to engage; to hire