言葉は国際結婚がかかえている基本的な問題である。

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言葉 は 国際 結婚 が かかえている 基本的 な 問題 で ある 。

English Translation

Language is a fundamental problem of international marriage.

Furigana

言葉(ことば)は国際(こくさい)結婚(けっこん)がかかえている基本的(きほんてき)な問題(もんだい)である。

Romanji

Kotoba wa kokusai kekkon ga kakaeteiru kihonteki na mondai de aru.

Words

言葉 (ことば、けとば)

language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking

は (は)

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

国際 (こくさい)

international

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

が (が)

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

抱える (かかえる)

to hold or carry under or in the arms; to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.); to employ; to engage; to hire

基本的 (きほんてき)

fundamental; standard; basic

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word

葉

Readings: ヨウ、 は

Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

国

Readings: コク、 くに

Meaning: country

際

Readings: サイ、 きわ、 -ぎわ

Meanings: occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when

結

Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる

Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten

婚

Reading: コン

Meaning: marriage

基

Readings: キ、 もと、 もとい

Meanings: fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

的

Readings: テキ、 まと

Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

問

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん

Meanings: question, ask, problem

題

Reading: ダイ

Meanings: topic, subject