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報道機関は現職議員についてはいつもマル秘情報をつかんでいます。

Sentence Analyzer

報道 機関 現職 議員 について いつも まる 情報 つかんでいます

English Translation

The press always has something on the incumbent.

Furigana

報道(ほうどう)機関(きかん)現職(げんしょく)議員(ぎいん)についてはいつもマル()情報(じょうほう)をつかんでいます。

Romanji

Hōdō kikan wa genshoku giin nitsuite wa itsumo maru hi jōhō o tsukandeimasu.

Words

報道 (ほうどう)
information; report; journalism; news; to report
機関 (きかん)
engine; agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body; system; facility; facilities
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
現職 (げんしょく)
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
議員 (ぎいん)
member of the Diet, congress or parliament
に就いて (について)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
何時も (いつも)
always; usually; every time; never
虎子 (まる、こし)
bedpan; chamber pot; potty; baby tiger
情報 (じょうほう)
information; news; intelligence; advices; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
()
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.
掴む (つかむ)
to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch; to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

Kanji

Readings: ホウ、 むく.いる
Meanings: report, news, reward, retribution
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
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: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ
Meanings: present, existing, actual
Readings: ショク、 ソク
Meanings: post, employment, work
Reading: 
Meanings: deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: ヒ、 ひ.める、 ひそ.か、 かく.す
Meanings: secret, conceal
Readings: ジョウ、 セイ、 なさ.け
Meanings: feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts