環境汚染についての恐れは、人々に発電所の近くに家を建てることを思いとどまらせた。

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English Translation

Fear of pollution discouraged people from building homes near power plants.

Furigana

環境(かんきょう)汚染(おせん)についての恐(おそ)れは、人々(ひとびと)に発電所(はつでんしょ)の近(ちか)くに家(いえ)を建(た)てることを思(おも)いとどまらせた。

Romanji

Kankyō osen nitsuite no osore wa, hitobito ni hatsudensho no chikaku ni ie o tateru koto o omoitodomaraseta.

Words

環境 (かんきょう)

environment; circumstance

汚染 (おせん)

pollution; contamination

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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

恐れ (おそれ)

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness

は (は)

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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

発電所 (はつでんしょ)

power plant; power station

近く (ちかく)

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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.

建てる (たてる)

to build; to construct

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

思いとどまる (おもいとどまる)

to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)