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新たな政策への圧力が政府にかかっています。

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新たな 政策 圧力 政府 かかっています

English Translation

The heat is on the administration to come up with a new policy.

Furigana

(あら)たな政策(せいさく)への圧力(あつりょく)政府(せいふ)にかかっています。

Romanji

Aratana seisaku e no atsuryoku ga seifu ni kakatteimasu.

Words

新た (あらた)
new; fresh; novel
政策 (せいさく)
political measures; policy
()
indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")
()
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
圧力 (あつりょく)
pressure; stress; coercion; arm-twisting
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
政府 (せいふ)
government; administration
()
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
掛かる (かかる)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on

Kanji

Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん
Meanings: politics, government
Reading: サク
Meanings: scheme, plan, policy, step, means
Readings: アツ、 エン、 オウ、 お.す、 へ.す、 おさ.える、 お.さえる
Meanings: pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
Reading: 
Meanings: borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse