国家の繁栄は市民の手にかかっている。

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国家の繁栄は市民の手にかかっている。

English Translation

The prosperity of a country depends upon its citizens.

Furigana

国家(こっか)の繁栄(はんえい)は市民(しみん)の手(て)にかかっている。

Romanji

Kokka no han'ei wa shimin no te ni kakatteiru.

Words

国家 (こっか)

state; country; nation

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

繁栄 (はんえい)

prospering; prosperity; thriving; flourishing

は (は)

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

市民 (しみん)

citizen; citizenry; public; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

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

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on