政権のたらい回しは反対だ。

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政権 の たらい回し は 反対 だ 。

English Translation

I'm opposed to political power being monopolized within a clique.

Furigana

政権(せいけん)のたらい回(まわ)しは反対(はんたい)だ。

Romanji

Seiken no taraimawashi wa hantai da.

Words

政権 (せいけん)

(political) administration; political power

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

たらい回し (たらいまわし)

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

は (は)

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

反対 (はんたい)

opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissension; reverse; opposite; vice versa; contrast

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

政

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん

Meanings: politics, government

権

Readings: ケン、 ゴン、 おもり、 かり、 はか.る

Meanings: authority, power, rights

回

Readings: カイ、 エ、 まわ.る、 -まわ.る、 -まわ.り、 まわ.す、 -まわ.す、 まわ.し-、 -まわ.し、 もとお.る、 か.える

Meanings: -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences

反

Readings: ハン、 ホン、 タン、 ホ、 そ.る、 そ.らす、 かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る

Meaning: anti-

対

Readings: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う

Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare