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社会福祉制度は抜本的な改革が必要です。

Sentence Analyzer

社会 福祉 制度 抜本的 改革 必要 です

English Translation

The social welfare system is in bad need of renovation.

Furigana

社会(しゃかい)福祉(ふくし)制度(せいど)抜本的(ばっぽんてき)改革(かいかく)必要(ひつよう)です。

Romanji

Shakai fukushi seido wa bapponteki na kaikaku ga hitsuyō desu.

Words

社会 (しゃかい)
society; public; community; the world; social studies
福祉 (ふくし)
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
制度 (せいど)
system; institution; organization; organisation
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
抜本的 (ばっぽんてき)
drastic; radical
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
改革 (かいかく)
reform; reformation; innovation
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Reading: フク
Meanings: blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
Reading: 
Meanings: welfare, happiness
Reading: セイ
Meanings: system, law, rule
Readings: ド、 ト、 タク、 たび、 -た.い
Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
Readings: バツ、 ハツ、 ハイ、 ぬ.く、 -ぬ.く、 ぬ.き、 ぬ.ける、 ぬ.かす、 ぬ.かる
Meanings: slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: カイ、 あらた.める、 あらた.まる
Meanings: reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
Readings: カク、 かわ
Meanings: leather, skin, reform, become serious
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to