政治犯たちは待遇改善を求めてハンストをしています。

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政治犯たちは待遇改善を求めてはんすとをしています。

English Translation

Political prisoners are on a hunger strike for better conditions.

Furigana

政治犯(せいじはん)たちは待遇(たいぐう)改善(かいぜん)を求(もと)めてハンストをしています。

Romanji

Seijihantachi wa taigū kaizen o motomete hansuto o shiteimasu.

Words

は (は)

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

待遇 (たいぐう)

treatment; reception; remuneration; salary; payment; compensation package

改善 (かいぜん)

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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.

求める (もとめる)

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to purchase; to buy

ハンスト (ハンスト)

hunger strike

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