銃器メーカーは小火器による暴力事件に対する責任を逃れてきた。

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English Translation

Gun makers have been able to escape responsibility for firearm violence.

Furigana

銃器(じゅうき)メーカーは小(しょう)火器(かき)による暴力(ぼうりょく)事件(じけん)に対(たい)する責任(せきにん)を逃(のが)れてきた。

Romanji

Jūki me-ka- wa shō kaki niyoru bōryoku jiken nitaisuru sekinin o nogaretekita.

Words

銃器 (じゅうき)

small arms

メーカー (メーカー、メーカ)

manufacturer; maker

は (は)

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

小 (しょう)

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)

火器 (かき)

firearms; guns

に依る (による)

by means of; due to; because of; according to

暴力 (ぼうりょく)

violence; mayhem

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

に対する (にたいする)

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

責任 (せきにん)

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

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.

逃れる (のがれる)

to escape