市当局は公害訴訟で主導権をとった。
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English Translation
The city took the initiative in the pollution suit.
Furigana
Romanji
Shi tōkyoku wa kōgai soshō de shudōken o totta.
Words
市
(し)
city
当局
(とうきょく)
authorities; this office
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
公害
(こうがい)
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
訴訟
(そしょう)
litigation; lawsuit
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.
主導権
(しゅどうけん)
hegemony; leadership; initiative
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.
穫る
(とる)
to harvest (a crop)
Kanji
Readings: シ、 いち
Meanings: market, city, town
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: キョク、 つぼね
Meanings: bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
Readings: コウ、 ク、 おおやけ
Meanings: public, prince, official, governmental
Reading: ガイ
Meanings: harm, injury
Readings: ソ、 うった.える
Meanings: accusation, sue, complain of pain, appeal to
Reading: ショウ
Meanings: sue, accuse
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Readings: ドウ、 みちび.く
Meanings: guidance, leading, conduct, usher
Readings: ケン、 ゴン、 おもり、 かり、 はか.る
Meanings: authority, power, rights