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大統領は憲法を停止し、戒厳令をしきました。

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大統領 憲法 停止し 戒厳令 しきました

English Translation

The President suspended the constitution and imposed martial law.

Furigana

大統領(だいとうりょう)憲法(けんぽう)停止(ていし)し、戒厳令(かいげんれい)をしきました。

Romanji

Daitōryō wa kenpō o teishishi, kaigenrei o shikimashita.

Words

大統領 (だいとうりょう)
president; chief executive
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
憲法 (けんぽう)
constitution
()
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.
停止 (ていし、ちょうじ)
suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance; suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person
戒厳令 (かいげんれい)
martial law
敷く (しく)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: トウ、 す.べる、 ほび.る
Meanings: overall, relationship, ruling, governing
Readings: リョウ、 えり
Meanings: jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief, reign
Reading: ケン
Meanings: constitution, law
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: テイ、 と.める、 と.まる
Meanings: halt, stopping
Readings: シ、 と.まる、 -ど.まり、 と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、 とど.める、 とど.め、 とど.まる、 や.める、 や.む、 -や.む、 よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し
Meanings: stop, halt
Readings: カイ、 いまし.める
Meaning: commandment
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 おごそ.か、 きび.しい、 いか.めしい、 いつくし
Meanings: stern, strictness, severity, rigidity
Reading: レイ
Meanings: orders, ancient laws, command, decree