一匹の妖怪がヨーロッパを徘徊している。共産主義という妖怪が。

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English Translation

A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.

Furigana

一(いち)匹(ひき)の妖怪(ようかい)がヨーロッパを徘徊(はいかい)している。共産(きょうさん)主義(しゅぎ)という妖怪(ようかい)が。

Romanji

Ichi hiki no yōkai ga Yo-Roppa o haikaishiteiru. Kyōsan shugi toiu yōkai ga.

Words

一 (いち)

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

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

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

妖怪 (ようかい)

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin

が (が)

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

欧羅巴 (ヨーロッパ)

Europe

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.

俳徊 (はいかい)

loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling

共産 (きょうさん)

communism; Communist Party

主義 (しゅぎ)

doctrine; rule; principle

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X