女性が今日持っている自由を獲得するには、約１５０年にわたる闘争が必要だった。

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English Translation

It took some 150 years of struggling for women to gain the freedom they have today.

Furigana

女性(じょせい)が今日(きょう)持(も)っている自由(じゆう)を獲得(かくとく)するには、約(やく)１５０年(ねん)にわたる闘争(とうそう)が必要(ひつよう)だった。

Romanji

Josei ga kyō motteiru jiyū o kakutokusuru ni wa, yaku ichi go zero nen niwataru tōsō ga hitsuyō datta.

Words

女性 (じょせい、にょしょう)

woman; female; feminine gender

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

自由 (じゆう)

freedom; liberty; as it pleases you

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.

獲得 (かくとく)

acquisition; possession

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

は (は)

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

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

闘争 (とうそう)

strife; conflict

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

だ (だ)

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