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委員が集まり、誰をそのポストに任命すべきか論じた。

Sentence Analyzer

委員 集まり その ぽすと 任命す べき 論じた

English Translation

The committee met and discussed whom to appoint to the post.

Furigana

委員(いいん)(あつ)まり、(だれ)をそのポストに任命(にんめい)すべきか(ろん)じた。

Romanji

Iin ga atsumari, dare o sono posuto ni ninmeisu beki ka ronjita.

Words

委員 (いいん)
committee member
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
集まる (あつまる)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
()
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.
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
ポスト (ポスト)
post; position; postbox; mail box; pillar box; post-
()
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
任命 (にんめい)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
可し (べし)
shall; should; must
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
論じる (ろんじる)
to argue; to discuss; to debate

Kanji

Readings: イ、 ゆだ.ねる
Meanings: committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: シュウ、 あつ.まる、 あつ.める、 つど.う
Meanings: gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody
Readings: ニン、 まか.せる、 まか.す
Meanings: responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
Reading: ロン
Meanings: argument, discourse