父は写真コンテストで一等賞を獲得し意気揚々としていた。

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English Translation

Father won first prize in the photo contest and was in high spirits.

Furigana

父(ちち)は写真(しゃしん)コンテストで一等賞(いっとうしょう)を獲得(かくとく)し意気揚々(いきようよう)としていた。

Romanji

Chichi wa shashin kontesuto de ittōshō o kakutokushi ikiyōyō to shiteita.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

写真 (しゃしん)

photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie

コンテスト (コンテスト)

contest

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

一等賞 (いっとうしょう)

first place prize; blue ribbon

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.

獲得 (かくとく)

acquisition; possession

意気揚揚 (いきようよう)

triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

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