将来のエネルギー需要をどう満たすかは考えなければならない大きな問題だ。

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English Translation

How to meet future energy demand is a big question we must consider.

Furigana

将来(しょうらい)のエネルギー需要(じゅよう)をどう満(み)たすかは考(かんが)えなければならない大(おお)きな問題(もんだい)だ。

Romanji

Shōrai no enerugi- juyō o dō mitasu ka wa kangaenakerebanaranai ōkina mondai da.

Words

将来 (しょうらい)

future (usually near); prospects

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

エネルギー (エネルギー)

energy; strength; power; stamina; get-up-and-go; food energy; calories

需要 (じゅよう)

demand; request

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.

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

満たす (みたす)

to satisfy; to fulfill; to appease; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to reach (a certain number)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

は (は)

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

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative