政府が住民に問う一般投票を実施しました。

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政府 住民 問う 一般 投票 実施しました

English Translation

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

Furigana

政府(せいふ)住民(じゅうみん)()一般(いっぱん)投票(とうひょう)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
()
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
()
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
()
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

Kanji

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん
Meanings: politics, government
Reading: 
Meanings: borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい
Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit
Readings: ミン、 たみ
Meanings: people, nation, subjects
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Reading: ハン
Meanings: carrier, carry, all, general, sort, kind
Readings: トウ、 な.げる、 -な.げ
Meanings: throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
Reading: ヒョウ
Meanings: ballot, label, ticket, sign
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Readings: シ、 セ、 ほどこ.す
Meanings: give, bestow, perform, alms