言葉の世界

Noun

law

Also: legislation; act

▶同性どうしの結婚を認めていない法律の規定が憲法に違反するかどうかが争われている裁判について、最高裁判所は15人の裁判官全員による大法廷で審理することを決めました。

The Supreme Court has decided to hear the case, which concerns whether a law prohibiting marriage between same-sex couples violates the constitution, with a full bench of all 15 justices.

Godan verb with 'tsu' ending

to hold (in one's hand)

Also: to take; to carry

▶緊迫するイラン情勢を受けて、政府は国が持っている石油の「国家備蓄」の放出を26日から始めました。

In response to the increasingly tense situation in Iran, the government began releasing oil from the country's "national reserve" on the 26th.

Noun

last year

▶去年、グアムのアメリカ軍基地で、駐機中の海上自衛隊のP1哨戒機が後ろに動いて壁と接触した事故で、自衛隊は車輪止めを規定とは異なる方法で設置したことなどが原因だとみられるとする調査結果を公表しました。

Last year, an investigation was released regarding an accident at a U.S. military base in Guam, where a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-1 patrol aircraft moved backward and collided with a wall. The investigation suggests that the accident may have been caused by factors such as the Self-Defense Force using a method of installing wheel chocks that differed from the regulations.