医療費・年金給付の抑制策の決め手はないといえよう。

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English Translation

We can say that there's not a clear winner in terms of a policy to curtail medical expenses and benefits.

Furigana

医療費(いりょうひ)・年金(ねんきん)給付(きゅうふ)の抑制策(よくせいさく)の決(き)め手(て)はないといえよう。

Romanji

Iryōhi nenkin kyūfu no yokuseisaku no kimete wa nai to ieyou.

Words

医療費 (いりょうひ)

medical expenses; doctor's bill

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

年金 (ねんきん)

annuity; pension

給付 (きゅうふ)

payment; provision; benefit; present; delivery; performance

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

決め手 (きめて)

decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card; winning move

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

と (と)

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

言える (いえる)

to be possible to say; to be able to say