王は人民から税を厳しく取り立てた。

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王 は 人民 から 税 を 厳しく 取り立てた 。

English Translation

The king exacted taxes from his people.

Furigana

王(おう)は人民(じんみん)から税(ぜい)を厳(きび)しく取(とた)り立()てた。

Romanji

Ō wa jinmin kara zei o kibishiku toritateta.

Words

王 (おう)

king; ruler; sovereign; monarch; tycoon; magnate; champion; master; king

は (は)

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

人民 (じんみん)

people; public

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

税 (ぜい)

tax

を (を)

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.

厳しい (きびしい、いかめしい)

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic; intense (cold); harsh

取り立てる (とりたてる)

to collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort; to appoint; to promote; to give patronage; to emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to

Kanji

王

Readings: オウ、 -ノウ

Meanings: king, rule, magnate

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

民

Readings: ミン、 たみ

Meanings: people, nation, subjects

税

Reading: ゼイ

Meanings: tax, duty

厳

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 おごそ.か、 きび.しい、 いか.めしい、 いつくし

Meanings: stern, strictness, severity, rigidity

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

立

Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる

Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect