国会議員は問題の解決に苦慮しています。

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国会 議員 は 問題 の 解決 に 苦慮しています 。

English Translation

Legislators in the Diet are struggling to find a solution to the problem.

Furigana

国会(こっかい)議員(ぎいん)は問題(もんだい)の解決(かいけつ)に苦慮(くりょ)しています。

Romanji

Kokkai giin wa mondai no kaiketsu ni kuryoshiteimasu.

Words

国会 (こっかい)

National Diet; parliament; congress

議員 (ぎいん)

member of the Diet, congress or parliament

は (は)

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

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

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

解決 (かいけつ)

settlement; solution; resolution

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

苦慮 (くりょ)

rack one's brains

Kanji

国

Readings: コク、 くに

Meaning: country

会

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる

Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

議

Reading: ギ

Meanings: deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration

員

Reading: イン

Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge

問

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん

Meanings: question, ask, problem

題

Reading: ダイ

Meanings: topic, subject

解

Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る

Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute

決

Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く

Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

苦

Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る

Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

慮

Readings: リョ、 おもんぱく.る、 おもんぱか.る

Meanings: prudence, thought, concern, consider, deliberate, fear