議会を通過しないうちにその法案は骨抜きにされた。

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English Translation

The bill was eviscerated before being passed by the legislature.

Furigana

議会(ぎかい)を通過(つうか)しないうちにその法案(ほうあん)は骨抜(ほねぬ)きにされた。

Romanji

Gikai o tsūkashinai uchini sono hōan wa honenuki ni sareta.

Words

議会 (ぎかい)

congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

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.

通過 (つうか)

passage through (e.g. train skipping a station); transit; passing (e.g. exam, bill through parliament)

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

法案 (ほうあん)

bill (law); measure

は (は)

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

骨抜き (ほねぬき)

boned (e.g. fish, etc.); watered down (e.g. plan, bill, etc.); mutilated; lacking integrity or moral backbone

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to