人口の増加こそが貧困を招いた。

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人口の増加こそが貧困を招いた。

English Translation

It was the increase in population that caused the poverty.

Furigana

人口(じんこう)の増加(ぞうか)こそが貧困(ひんこん)を招(まね)いた。

Romanji

Jinkō no zōka koso ga hinkon o maneita.

Words

人口 (じんこう)

population; common talk

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

増加 (ぞうか)

increase; increment; addition

こそ (こそ)

for sure (emphasize preceding word)

が (が)

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

貧困 (ひんこん)

poor; needy; lacking; meagre; meager

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.

招く (まねく)

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to; to call in; to send for; to summon; to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in