合衆国では２億１６００万丁もの鉄砲類が、民間の手にあるという。

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English Translation

In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.

Furigana

合衆国(がっしゅうこく)では２億(おく)１６００万(まん)丁(ちょう)もの鉄砲類(てっぽうるい)が、民間(みんかん)の手(て)にあるという。

Romanji

Gasshūkoku de wa ni oku ichi roku zero zero man chō mo no teppōrui ga, minkan no te ni aru to iu.

Words

合衆国 (がっしゅうこく)

federal state; United States of America

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

億 (おく)

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

万 (まん、よろず)

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; various

丁 (てい、ひのと)

4th in rank; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

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

が (が)

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

民間 (みんかん)

private; civilian; civil; popular; folk; unofficial

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix