学生のひとりによれば、中国では今なお粛清が行われ、恐怖政治が横行しているとのことです。

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English Translation

One student says the purge is still going on in China and terror is widespread.

Furigana

学生(がくせい)のひとりによれば、中国(ちゅうごく)では今(いま)なお粛清(しゅくせい)が行(おこな)われ、恐怖(きょうふ)政治(せいじ)が横行(おうこう)しているとのことです。

Romanji

Gakusei no hitori ni yoreba, Chūgoku de wa ima nao shukusei ga okonaware, kyōfu seiji ga ōkōshiteiru to no koto desu.

Words

学生 (がくせい)

student (esp. a university student)

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

一人 (ひとり、いちにん)

one person; alone; unmarried; solitary

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

因る (よる)

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at

中国 (ちゅうごく)

China; Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country; main region

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

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

尚 (なお)

furthermore; still; yet; more; still more; in addition; greater; further

粛清 (しゅくせい)

(political) purge

が (が)

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

行う (おこなう)

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

恐怖 (きょうふ、くふ)

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic

政治 (せいじ)

politics; government

横行 (おうこう、おうぎょう)

walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent

と (と)

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

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

です (です)

be; is