古参議員たちは、選挙で参議院の議席を失いそうになりました。

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English Translation

The old guard was nearly voted out of the Upper House.

Furigana

古参(こさん)議員(ぎいん)たちは、選挙(せんきょ)で参議院(さんぎいん)の議席(ぎせき)を失(うしな)いそうになりました。

Romanji

Kosan giintachi wa, senkyo de Sangiin no giseki o ushinaisō ni narimashita.

Words

古参 (こさん)

seniority; long service

は (は)

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

選挙 (せんきょ)

election

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.

参議院 (さんぎいん)

House of Councillors

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

議席 (ぎせき)

parliamentary seat

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.

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...