市当局は一度規則をやめることを考えたことがある。

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English Translation

The city government once thought of doing away with that rule.

Furigana

市(し)当局(とうきょく)は一度(いちど)規則(きそく)をやめることを考(かんが)えたことがある。

Romanji

Shi tōkyoku wa ichido kisoku o yameru koto o kangaeta koto ga aru.

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

一度 (いちど、ひとたび)

once; one time; on one occasion; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone; one musical interval

規則 (きそく)

rules; regulations; conventions

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.

止める (やめる)

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit; to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about