テレビでは、我が国の将来の問題を誰かが深刻な顔をしてしゃべっている。

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English Translation

On TV someone with a serious look on his face is talking about the problems of our country's future.

Furigana

テレビでは、我(わ)が国(くに)の将来(しょうらい)の問題(もんだい)を誰(だれ)かが深刻(しんこく)な顔(かお)をしてしゃべっている。

Romanji

Terebi de wa, wagakuni no shōrai no mondai o dare ka ga shinkokuna kao o shite shabetteiru.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

我が国 (わがくに)

our country; our land; one's own country

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

将来 (しょうらい)

future (usually near); prospects

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

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.

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

が (が)

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

深刻 (しんこく)

serious; severe; grave; acute

顔 (かお、がん)

face; visage; look; expression; countenance; honor; honour; face; influence; notoriety

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

喋る (しゃべる)

to talk; to chat; to chatter