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財政赤字の削減が政府の大きな関心事である。

Sentence Analyzer

財政 赤字 削減 政府 大きな 関心事 ある

English Translation

Reducing the budget deficit is a major concern of the government.

Furigana

財政(ざいせい)赤字(あかじ)削減(さくげん)政府(せいふ)(おお)きな関心事(かんしんごと)である。

Romanji

Zaisei akaji no sakugen ga seifu no ōkina kanshingoto de aru.

Words

財政 (ざいせい)
financial affairs; public finance
赤字 (あかじ)
deficit; (being in or going into) the red; red text; red letters; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
()
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
削減 (さくげん)
cut; reduction; curtailment
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
政府 (せいふ)
government; administration
大きな (おおきな)
big; large; great
関心事 (かんしんじ)
matter of concern and interest
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: ザイ、 サイ、 ゾク、 たから
Meanings: property, money, wealth, assets
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん
Meanings: politics, government
Readings: セキ、 シャク、 あか、 あか-、 あか.い、 あか.らむ、 あか.らめる
Meaning: red
Readings: ジ、 あざ、 あざな、 -な
Meanings: character, letter, word, section of village
Readings: サク、 けず.る、 はつ.る、 そ.ぐ
Meanings: plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave
Readings: ゲン、 へ.る、 へ.らす
Meanings: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
Reading: 
Meanings: borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: カン、 せき、 -ぜき、 かか.わる、 からくり、 かんぬき
Meanings: connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly