市議会は具体的な問題にもっと焦点をあてるべきだ。

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English Translation

The municipal council should concentrate more on specific issues.

Furigana

市議会(しぎかい)は具体的(ぐたいてき)な問題(もんだい)にもっと焦点(しょうてん)をあてるべきだ。

Romanji

Shigikai wa gutaiteki na mondai ni motto shōten o ateru beki da.

Words

市議会 (しぎかい)

city council

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

具体的 (ぐたいてき)

concrete; tangible; definite; specific

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

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

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

焦点 (しょうてん)

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

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.

宛てる (あてる)

to address

可し (べし)

shall; should; must