市長の人気が落ち目になった途端に、一斉に彼に対する批判が噴き出してきた。

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市長 の 人気 が 落ち目 に なった 途端に 、 一斉 に 彼 に対する 批判 が 噴き出してきた 。

English Translation

As soon as they realized the mayor was on his way down, his critics started coming out of the woodwork.

Furigana

市長(しちょう)の人気(にんき)が落(お)ち目(め)になった途端(とたん)に、一斉(いっせい)に彼(かれ)に対(たい)する批判(ひはん)が噴(ふだ)き出()してきた。

Romanji

Shichō no ninki ga ochime ni natta totanni, issei ni kare nitaisuru hihan ga fukidashitekita.

Words

市長 (しちょう)

mayor

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

人気 (にんき)

popularity; popular feeling; business conditions

が (が)

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

落ち目 (おちめ)

on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

途端に (とたんに)

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

一斉 (いっせい)

simultaneous; all at once

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

に対する (にたいする)

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

批判 (ひはん)

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

吹き出す (ふきだす)

to spout out; to spurt out; to gush out; to jet out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.); to send out shoots (of a tree)

Kanji

市

Readings: シ、 いち

Meanings: market, city, town

長

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

落

Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす

Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

途

Readings: ト、 みち

Meanings: route, way, road

端

Readings: タン、 はし、 は、 はた、 -ばた、 はな

Meanings: edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

斉

Readings: セイ、 サイ、 そろ.う、 ひと.しい、 ひと.しく、 あたる、 はやい

Meanings: adjusted, alike, equal, similar variety of

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

対

Readings: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う

Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare

批

Reading: ヒ

Meanings: criticism, strike

判

Readings: ハン、 バン、 わか.る

Meanings: judgement, signature, stamp, seal

噴

Readings: フン、 ふ.く

Meanings: erupt, spout, emit, flush out

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude