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。

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English Translation

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

Furigana

問題(もんだい)の原因(げんいん)は部署間(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

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

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

は (は)

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

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

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