緊張が心臓病の主な原因だ。

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緊張 が 心臓病 の 主な 原因 だ 。

English Translation

Tension is a major cause of heart disease.

Furigana

緊張(きんちょう)が心臓病(しんぞうびょう)の主(おも)な原因(げんいん)だ。

Romanji

Kinchō ga shinzōbyō no omona gen'in da.

Words

緊張 (きんちょう)

tension; mental strain; nervousness

が (が)

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

心臓病 (しんぞうびょう)

heart trouble; heart disease

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

主 (おも)

chief; main; principal; important; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

緊

Readings: キン、 し.める、 し.まる

Meanings: tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight

張

Readings: チョウ、 は.る、 -は.り、 -ば.り

Meanings: lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

臓

Readings: ゾウ、 はらわた

Meanings: entrails, viscera, bowels

病

Readings: ビョウ、 ヘイ、 や.む、 -や.み、 やまい

Meanings: ill, sick

主

Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ

Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

原

Readings: ゲン、 はら

Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

因

Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む

Meanings: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to