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問題の原因は部署間のコミュニケーションの欠如にある。

Sentence Analyzer

問題 原因 部署間 コミュニケーション 欠如 ある

English Translation

The root of the problem is a lack of communication between departments.

Furigana

問題(もんだい)原因(げんいん)部署間(ぶしょかん)のコミュニケーションの欠如(けつじょ)にある。

Romanji

Mondai no gen'in wa bushokan no komyunike-shon no ketsujo ni aru.

Words

問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
()
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
原因 (げんいん)
cause; origin; source
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
コミュニケーション (コミュニケーション、コミュニケイション)
communication
欠如 (けつじょ)
lack; privation; deficiency
()
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
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

Kanji

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む
Meanings: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Reading: ショ
Meanings: signature, govt office, police station
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く
Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ごと.し
Meanings: likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal