首相が重病だといううわさが飛んでいる。

首相が重病だといううわさが飛んでいる。

Word is passing that the Prime Minister is seriously ill.

首相(しゅしょう)が重病(じゅうびょう)だといううわさが飛(と)んでいる。

Shushō ga jūbyō da toiu uwasa ga tondeiru.

首相 (しゅしょう)

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

が (が)

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

重病 (じゅうびょう)

serious illness

だ (だ)

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

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

噂 (うわさ)

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

飛ぶ (とぶ)

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop

Readings: シュ、くび

Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems

Readings: ソウ、ショウ、あい-

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

Readings: ジュウ、チョウ、え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう、かさ.ねる、かさ.なる、おも

Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

Readings: ビョウ、ヘイ、や.む、 -や.み、やまい

Meanings: ill, sick

Readings: ヒ、と.ぶ、と.ばす、 -と.ばす

Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter