車の排気ガスは都市の深刻な汚染を引き起こしている。

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車の排気がすは都市の深刻な汚染を引き起こしている。

English Translation

Car exhaust causes serious pollution in towns.

Furigana

車(くるま)の排気(はいき)ガスは都市(とし)の深刻(しんこく)な汚染(おせん)を引(ひ)き起(お)こしている。

Romanji

Kuruma no haiki gasu wa toshi no shinkokuna osen o hikiokoshiteiru.

Words

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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

排気 (はいき)

exhaust; ventilation

瓦斯 (ガス)

gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; petrol; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker; gas range; flatulence; gas; wind; fart

は (は)

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

都市 (とし)

town; city; municipal; urban

深刻 (しんこく)

serious; severe; grave; acute

汚染 (おせん)

pollution; contamination

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.

引き起こす (ひきおこす)

to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)