首相の発言が反対運動に火をつけた。

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首相の発言が反対運動に火をつけた。

English Translation

The prime minister's remark sparked the opposition movement.

Furigana

首相(しゅしょう)の発言(はつげん)が反対(はんたい)運動(うんどう)に火(ひ)をつけた。

Romanji

Shushō no hatsugen ga hantai undō ni hi o tsuketa.

Words

首相 (しゅしょう)

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

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

発言 (はつげん)

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

が (が)

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

反対 (はんたい)

opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissension; reverse; opposite; vice versa; contrast

運動 (うんどう)

exercise; physical training; work-out; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying; motion; movement

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

火 (ひ)

fire; flame; blaze

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.

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up