首相は国民の支持を失った。

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首相 は 国民 の 支持 を 失った 。

English Translation

The Prime Minister fell from favor with the people.

Furigana

首相(しゅしょう)は国民(こくみん)の支持(しじ)を失(うしな)った。

Romanji

Shushō wa kokumin no shiji o ushinatta.

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

国民 (こくみん)

nation; nationality; people; citizen

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

支持 (しじ)

support; holding up; propping; support; backing; endorsing

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.

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with

Kanji

首

Readings: シュ、 くび

Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems

相

Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 あい-

Meanings: inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy

国

Readings: コク、 くに

Meaning: country

民

Readings: ミン、 たみ

Meanings: people, nation, subjects

支

Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う

Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

持

Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる

Meanings: hold, have

失

Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる

Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss