首都キガリで戦闘が続く中、ルワンダの反政府勢力は南に向かって攻勢を強めています。

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English Translation

Rwandan rebels are pushing their offensive south as fighting continues in the capital Kigali.

Furigana

首都(しゅと)キガリで戦闘(せんとう)が続(つづ)く中(なか)、ルワンダの反(はん)政府(せいふ)勢力(せいりょく)は南(みなみ)に向(む)かって攻勢(こうせい)を強(つよ)めています。

Romanji

Shuto Kigari de sentō ga tsuzuku naka, Ruwanda no han seifu seiryoku wa minami ni mukatte kōsei o tsuyometeimasu.

Words

首都 (しゅと)

capital city; metropolis

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

戦闘 (せんとう)

battle; fight; combat

が (が)

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

続く (つづく)

to continue; to last; to go on; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin; to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to; to hold out; to keep; to last

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

ルワンダ (ルワンダ)

Rwanda; Ruanda

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

反 (はん)

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

勢力 (せいりょく)

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force; energy

は (は)

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

南 (みなみ)

south

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

向かう (むかう)

to face; to go towards

攻勢 (こうせい)

offensive (movement); aggression

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.

強める (つよめる)

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise