世界の旅客機の半数以上を製造しているボーイング社は、もっともなことだが、機体の他に欠陥を起こす可能性のあるものに、注意を引こうと躍起になっている。

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English Translation

Boeing, which builds more than half the world's commercial airliners, is understandably keen to draw attention to what can go wrong besides planes.

Furigana

世界(せかい)の旅客機(りょかくき)の半数(はんすう)以上(いじょう)を製造(せいぞう)しているボーイング社(しゃ)は、もっともなことだが、機体(きたい)の他(ほか)に欠陥(けっかん)を起(お)こす可能性(かのうせい)のあるものに、注意(ちゅうい)を引(ひ)こうと躍起(やっき)になっている。

Romanji

Sekai no ryokakuki no hansū ijō o seizōshiteiru Bo-Ingusha wa, mottomona koto da ga, kitai no hokani kekkan o okosu kanōsei no aru mono ni, chūi o hikou to yakki ni natteiru.

Words

世界 (せかい)

the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; realm governed by one Buddha; space

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

旅客機 (りょかくき、りょかっき)

passenger plane

半数 (はんすう)

half the number; haploid

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

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.

製造 (せいぞう)

manufacture; production

は (は)

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

尤も (もっとも)

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

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

だ (だ)

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

が (が)

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

機体 (きたい)

fuselage; airframe

外に (ほかに)

in addition; besides

欠陥 (けっかん)

defect; fault; deficiency; deformity; shortage; gap

起こす (おこす)

to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)

可能性 (かのうせい)

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

者 (もの、もん)

person

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

注意 (ちゅうい)

caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice

引く (ひく)

to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

躍起 (やっき)

desperation; eagerness

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...