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財政の専門家たちは最近の動向をどう判断してよいのかわからないのです。

Sentence Analyzer

財政 専門家たち 最近 動向 どう 判断して よい わからない です

English Translation

Financial experts don't know what to make of this trend.

Furigana

財政(ざいせい)専門家(せんもんか)たちは最近(さいきん)動向(どうこう)をどう判断(はんだん)してよいのかわからないのです。

Romanji

Zaisei no senmonkatachi wa saikin no dōkō o dō handanshite yoi no ka wakaranai no desu.

Words

財政 (ざいせい)
financial affairs; public finance
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
最近 (さいきん)
most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays
動向 (どうこう)
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
()
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.
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
判断 (はんだん)
judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication; divination; judgement
良い (よい)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
分かる (わかる)
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ザイ、 サイ、 ゾク、 たから
Meanings: property, money, wealth, assets
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん
Meanings: politics, government
Readings: セン、 もっぱ.ら
Meanings: specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely
Readings: モン、 かど、 と
Meanings: gate, counter for cannons
Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち
Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い
Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
Readings: ハン、 バン、 わか.る
Meanings: judgement, signature, stamp, seal
Readings: ダン、 た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める
Meanings: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting