政府は感染が広がることを予防する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)が広(ひろ)がることを予防(よぼう)する適切(てきせつ)な措置(そち)を取(と)らなかった。

Romanji

Seifu wa kansen ga hirogaru koto o yobōsuru 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

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

広がる (ひろがる)

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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

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.

予防 (よぼう)

prevention; precaution; protection against

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