先生たちはその問題をめぐって賛否が分かれた。

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English Translation

The teachers were divided on the issue.

Furigana

先生(せんせい)たちはその問題(もんだい)をめぐって賛否(さんぴ)が分(わ)かれた。

Romanji

Senseitachi wa sono mondai omegutte sanpi ga wakareta.

Words

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

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

を巡って (をめぐって)

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

賛否 (さんぴ)

yes and no; for and against

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

分かれる (わかれる)

to branch; to fork; to diverge; to separate; to split; to divide; to disperse; to scatter

Kanji

先

Readings: セン、さき、ま.ず

Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

問

Readings: モン、と.う、と.い、とん

Meanings: question, ask, problem

題

Reading: ダイ

Meanings: topic, subject

賛

Readings: サン、たす.ける、たた.える

Meanings: approve, praise, title or inscription on picture, assist, agree with

否

Readings: ヒ、いな、いや

Meanings: negate, no, noes, refuse, decline, deny

分

Readings: ブン、フン、ブ、わ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる、わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100