少数党はその法案を阻止するため、最後まで頑張りました。

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English Translation

The minority party made a last-ditch effort to block passage of the bills.

Furigana

少数(しょうすう)党(とう)はその法案(ほうあん)を阻止(そし)するため、最後(さいご)まで頑張(がんば)りました。

Romanji

Shōsū tō wa sono hōan o soshisuru tame, saigo made ganbarimashita.

Words

少数 (しょうすう)

minority; few

党 (とう)

party (political); faction; -ite

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

法案 (ほうあん)

bill (law); measure

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.

阻止 (そし)

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction; preemption; blocking

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

最後 (さいご)

last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

頑張る (がんばる)

to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge