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政府は外交政策を変更せざるをえなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

政府 外交 政策 変更せざる えなかった

English Translation

The government had to alter its foreign policy.

Furigana

政府(せいふ)外交(がいこう)政策(せいさく)変更(へんこう)せざるをえなかった。

Romanji

Seifu wa gaikō seisaku o henkōsezaru o enakatta.

Words

政府 (せいふ)
government; administration
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
外交 (がいこう)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
政策 (せいさく)
political measures; policy
()
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.
変更 (へんこう)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
選る (よる、える、すぐる)
to choose; to select

Kanji

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん
Meanings: politics, government
Reading: 
Meanings: borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも
Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Reading: サク
Meanings: scheme, plan, policy, step, means
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: コウ、 さら、 さら.に、 ふ.ける、 ふ.かす
Meanings: grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further