首相は早い時期に選挙を行う可能性があるとほのめかした。

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English Translation

The prime minister hinted at the possibility of an early election.

Furigana

首相(しゅしょう)は早(はや)い時期(じき)に選挙(せんきょ)を行(おこな)う可能性(かのうせい)があるとほのめかした。

Romanji

Shushō wa hayai jiki ni senkyo o okonau kanōsei ga aru to honomekashita.

Words

首相 (しゅしょう)

Prime Minister; Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); Premier

は (は)

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

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

時期 (じき)

time; season; period; phase; stage; soon; shortly

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

選挙 (せんきょ)

election

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.

行う (おこなう)

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

可能性 (かのうせい)

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

仄めかす (ほのめかす)

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply