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住宅問題を解決するために、政府が最善を尽くしているとは思えない。

Sentence Analyzer

住宅 問題 解決する ために 政府 最善 尽くしている 思えない

English Translation

The government is not doing its best to solve the housing problem.

Furigana

住宅(じゅうたく)問題(もんだい)解決(かいけつ)するために、政府(せいふ)最善(さいぜん)()くしているとは(おも)えない。

Romanji

Jūtaku mondai o kaiketsusuru tameni, seifu ga saizen o tsukushiteiru to wa omoenai.

Words

住宅 (じゅうたく)
residence; housing; residential building
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
()
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.
解決 (かいけつ)
settlement; solution; resolution
為に (ために)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of
政府 (せいふ)
government; administration
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
最善 (さいぜん)
the very best
尽くす (つくす)
to exhaust; to run out; to devote; to serve (a person); to befriend; to do to exhaustion
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
思える (おもえる)
to seem; to appear likely

Kanji

Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい
Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit
Reading: タク
Meanings: home, house, residence, our house, my husband
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る
Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん
Meanings: politics, government
Reading: 
Meanings: borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: ゼン、 よ.い、 い.い、 よ.く、 よし.とする
Meanings: virtuous, good, goodness
Readings: ジン、 サン、 つ.くす、 -つ.くす、 -づ.くし、 -つ.く、 -づ.く、 -ず.く、 つ.きる、 つ.かす、 さかづき、 ことごと.く、 つか、 つき
Meanings: exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think