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国境なき医師団を設立したベルナール・クシュネルはイラク戦争に反対しなかった。

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国境 なき 医師団 設立した ベルナール クシュネル イラク 戦争 反対しなかった

English Translation

Bernard Kouchner, who established Medecins Sans Frontieres, did not oppose the Iraq war.

Furigana

国境(こっきょう)なき医師団(いしだん)設立(せつりつ)したベルナール・クシュネルはイラク戦争(せんそう)反対(はんたい)しなかった。

Romanji

Kokkyō naki ishidan o setsuritsushita Beruna-Ru kushuneru wa Iraku sensō ni hantaishinakatta.

Words

国境 (こっきょう、くにざかい、こっかい)
national border; provincial border
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
医師団 (いしだん)
team of doctors
()
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.
設立 (せつりつ)
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
(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)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
イラク (イラク)
Iraq
戦争 (せんそう)
war
()
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
反対 (はんたい)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissension; reverse; opposite; vice versa; contrast

Kanji

Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: キョウ、 ケイ、 さかい
Meanings: boundary, border, region
Readings: イ、 い.やす、 い.する、 くすし
Meanings: doctor, medicine
Readings: シ、 いくさ
Meanings: expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
Readings: ダン、 トン、 かたまり、 まる.い
Meanings: group, association
Readings: セツ、 もう.ける
Meanings: establishment, provision, prepare
Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる
Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect
Readings: セン、 いくさ、 たたか.う、 おのの.く、 そよ.ぐ、 わなな.く
Meanings: war, battle, match
Readings: ソウ、 あらそ.う、 いか.でか
Meanings: contend, dispute, argue
Readings: ハン、 ホン、 タン、 ホ、 そ.る、 そ.らす、 かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
Meaning: anti-
Readings: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う
Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare