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多数決原理が民主主義の根本原則だ。

Sentence Analyzer

多数決 原理 民主 主義 根本 原則

English Translation

Majority rule is a basic principle of democracy.

Furigana

多数決(たすうけつ)原理(げんり)民主(みんしゅ)主義(しゅぎ)根本(こんぽん)原則(げんそく)だ。

Romanji

Tasūketsu genri ga minshu shugi no konpon gensoku da.

Words

多数決 (たすうけつ)
majority rule
原理 (げんり)
principle; theory; fundamental truth
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
民主 (みんしゅ)
democracy; popular sovereignty; democratic
主義 (しゅぎ)
doctrine; rule; principle
()
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
根本 (こんげん、ねもと、こんぽん)
root; source; origin; foundation; base; principle
原則 (げんそく)
principle; general rule
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい
Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures
Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ミン、 たみ
Meanings: people, nation, subjects
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Reading: 
Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね
Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ソク、 のっと.る
Meanings: rule, follow, based on, model after