新税の賛成を有権者に求めるに当たり大統領は理性に訴えた。

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English Translation

In asking voters to approve the new tax, the President appealed to reason.

Furigana

新税(しんぜい)の賛成(さんせい)を有権者(ゆうけんしゃ)に求(もと)めるに当(あ)たり大統領(だいとうりょう)は理性(りせい)に訴(うった)えた。

Romanji

Shinzei no sansei o yūkensha ni motomeru niatari daitōryō wa risei ni uttaeta.

Words

新税 (しんぜい)

new tax

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

賛成 (さんせい)

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

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.

有権者 (ゆうけんしゃ)

voter; constituent; (electoral) franchise-holder; (the) electorate; eligible voters

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

求める (もとめる)

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to purchase; to buy

大統領 (だいとうりょう)

president; chief executive

は (は)

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

理性 (りせい)

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

訴える (うったえる)

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to; to call for; to complain; to sue (a person); to take someone to court; to resort to (e.g. arms, violence)