首相は議会の抜本的な改革に着手するつもりがあることを表明した。

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English Translation

The premier announced his intention to undertake drastic reforms in parliament.

Furigana

首相(しゅしょう)は議会(ぎかい)の抜本的(ばっぽんてき)な改革(かいかく)に着手(ちゃくしゅ)するつもりがあることを表明(ひょうめい)した。

Romanji

Shushō wa gikai no bapponteki na kaikaku ni chakushusuru tsumori ga aru koto o hyōmeishita.

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

議会 (ぎかい)

congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

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

抜本的 (ばっぽんてき)

drastic; radical

だ (だ)

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

改革 (かいかく)

reform; reformation; innovation

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

着手 (ちゃくしゅ)

to start work (on); to undertake; embarkation; launch

積もり (つもり)

intention; plan; conviction; belief

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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.

表明 (ひょうめい)

declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression; announcement; assertion