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多くの国が貧困という問題を抱えている。

Sentence Analyzer

多く 貧困 という 問題 抱えている

English Translation

Many countries have problems with poverty.

Furigana

(おお)くの(くに)貧困(ひんこん)という問題(もんだい)(かか)えている。

Romanji

Ōku no kuni ga hinkon toiu mondai o kakaeteiru.

Words

多く (おおく)
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
()
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
(くに)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
貧困 (ひんこん)
poor; needy; lacking; meagre; meager
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
()
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.
抱える (かかえる)
to hold or carry under or in the arms; to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.); to employ; to engage; to hire

Kanji

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: ヒン、 ビン、 まず.しい
Meanings: poverty, poor
Readings: コン、 こま.る
Meanings: quandary, become distressed, annoyed
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: ホウ、 だ.く、 いだ.く、 かか.える
Meanings: embrace, hug, hold in arms