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わが国の都会は深刻な汚染問題を作り出している。

Sentence Analyzer

わが国 都会 深刻な 汚染 問題 作り出している

English Translation

Our cities create serious pollution problems.

Furigana

わが(くに)都会(とかい)深刻(しんこく)汚染(おせん)問題(もんだい)(つく)()している。

Romanji

Wagakuni no tokai wa shinkokuna osen mondai o tsukuridashiteiru.

Words

我が国 (わがくに)
our country; our land; one's own country
()
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
都会 (とかい)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
深刻 (しんこく)
serious; severe; grave; acute
汚染 (おせん)
pollution; contamination
問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
()
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.
作り出す (つくりだす)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

Kanji

Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: ト、 ツ、 みやこ
Meanings: metropolis, capital
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: シン、 ふか.い、 -ぶか.い、 ふか.まる、 ふか.める、 み-
Meanings: deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
Readings: コク、 きざ.む、 きざ.み
Meanings: engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving
Readings: オ、 けが.す、 けが.れる、 けが.らわしい、 よご.す、 よご.れる、 きたな.い
Meanings: dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile
Readings: セン、 そ.める、 -ぞ.め、 -ぞめ、 そ.まる、 し.みる、 -じ.みる、 し.み、 -し.める
Meanings: dye, color, paint, stain, print
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude