政府は感染の拡大を未然に防ぐための適切な措置を取らなかった。

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English Translation

The government didn't take appropriate measures to prevent the infection from spreading.

Furigana

政府(せいふ)は感染(かんせん)の拡大(かくだい)を未然(みぜん)に防(ふせ)ぐための適切(てきせつ)な措置(そち)を取(と)らなかった。

Romanji

Seifu wa kansen no kakudai o mizen ni fusegu tame no tekisetsuna sochi o toranakatta.

Words

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

は (は)

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

感染 (かんせん)

infection; contagion

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

拡大 (かくだい)

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

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.

未然 (みぜん)

before it happens; previously

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

防ぐ (ふせぐ)

to defend (against); to protect; to prevent

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

適切 (てきせつ)

pertinent; appropriate; adequate; relevance

措置 (そち)

measure; measures; step

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play