政府が住民に問う一般投票を実施しました。

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English Translation

The government put the question to the people in a referendum.

Furigana

政府(せいふ)が住民(じゅうみん)に問(と)う一般(いっぱん)投票(とうひょう)を実施(じっし)しました。

Romanji

Seifu ga jūmin ni tou ippan tōhyō o jisshishimashita.

Words

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

が (が)

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

住民 (じゅうみん)

citizens; inhabitants; residents; population

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

問う (とう)

to ask; to inquire; to charge (e.g. with a crime); to accuse; without regard to; to not matter; to call into question; to doubt; to question

一般 (いっぱん)

general; universal; ordinary; average; common

投票 (とうひょう)

voting; poll

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.

実施 (じっし)

enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters); enactment