１９６０年代に日本の大学生は政府に対して示威運動を起こした。

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English Translation

In the 1960's, Japanese college students demonstrated against their government.

Furigana

１９６０年代(ねんだい)に日本(にっぽん)の大学生(だいがくせい)は政府(せいふ)に対(たい)して示威(じい)運動(うんどう)を起(お)こした。

Romanji

Ichi kyū roku zero nendai ni Nippon no daigakusei wa seifu nitaishite jii undō o okoshita.

Words

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年代 (ねんだい)

age; era; period; date

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

大学生 (だいがくせい)

university student; college student

は (は)

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

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

示威 (じい、しい)

demonstration; show of force

運動 (うんどう)

exercise; physical training; work-out; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying; motion; movement

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.

起こす (おこす)

to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)