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直接税に反対する意見が支配的だった。

Sentence Analyzer

直接 反対する 意見 支配的 だった

English Translation

Opinion against the direct tax was dominant.

Furigana

直接(ちょくせつ)(ぜい)反対(はんたい)する意見(いけん)支配的(しはいてき)だった。

Romanji

Chokusetsu zei ni hantaisuru iken ga shihaiteki datta.

Words

直接 (ちょくせつ)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
(ぜい)
tax
()
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
意見 (いけん)
opinion; view; comment
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
支配的 (しはいてき)
dominant; ruling
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: チョク、 ジキ、 ジカ、 ただ.ちに、 なお.す、 -なお.す、 なお.る、 なお.き、 す.ぐ
Meanings: straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
Readings: セツ、 ショウ、 つ.ぐ
Meanings: touch, contact, adjoin, piece together
Reading: ゼイ
Meanings: tax, duty
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
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う
Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)
Readings: ハイ、 くば.る
Meanings: distribute, spouse, exile, rationing
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending