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警察は飲酒運転を根絶やしにしようとしている。

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警察 飲酒 運転 根絶やし しよう している

English Translation

The police are trying to get entirely rid of drunken driving.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)飲酒(いんしゅ)運転(うんてん)根絶(ねだ)やしにしようとしている。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa inshu unten o nedayashi ni shiyou to shiteiru.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)
police; police officer; police station
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
飲酒 (いんしゅ)
drinking alcohol (sake)
運転 (うんてん)
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run; driving; working (capital, 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.
根絶やし (ねだやし)
eradication; extermination
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: イン、 オン、 の.む、 -の.み
Meanings: drink, smoke, take
Readings: シュ、 さけ、 さか-
Meanings: sake, alcohol
Readings: ウン、 はこ.ぶ
Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
Readings: テン、 ころ.がる、 ころ.げる、 ころ.がす、 ころ.ぶ、 まろ.ぶ、 うたた、 うつ.る、 くる.めく
Meanings: revolve, turn around, change
Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね
Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)
Readings: ゼツ、 た.える、 た.やす、 た.つ
Meanings: discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress