新聞の働きは一般大衆に事実を提供することだ。

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English Translation

The function of the press is to provide the common people with facts.

Furigana

新聞(しんぶん)の働(はたら)きは一般(いっぱん)大衆(たいしゅう)に事実(じじつ)を提供(ていきょう)することだ。

Romanji

Shinbun no hataraki wa ippan taishū ni jijitsu o teikyōsuru koto da.

Words

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

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

働き (はたらき)

work; labor; labour; achievement; performance; ability; talent; salary; income; earnings; action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion; conjugation; inflection

は (は)

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

一般 (いっぱん)

general; universal; ordinary; average; common

大衆 (たいしゅう)

general public; the masses

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

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

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.

提供 (ていきょう)

offer; tender; program sponsoring; programme sponsoring; furnishing; provisioning; supply

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