組合は１０パーセントの賃上げを迫っている。

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English Translation

The union is pressing for a ten-percent pay hike.

Furigana

組合(くみあい)は１０パーセントの賃上(ちんあ)げを迫(せま)っている。

Romanji

Kumiai wa ichi zero pa-sento no chin'age o sematteiru.

Words

組合 (くみあい)

association; union; guild

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

パーセント (パーセント)

percent; percentage

の (の)

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

賃上げ (ちんあげ)

wage increase

を (を)

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.

迫る (せまる、せる)

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel