戦争の直前、日本がフランスと同盟を結びました。

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English Translation

Japan entered into an alliance with France just before the war.

Furigana

戦争(せんそう)の直前(ちょくぜん)、日本(にっぽん)がフランスと同盟(どうめい)を結(むす)びました。

Romanji

Sensō no chokuzen, Nippon ga Furansu to dōmei o musubimashita.

Words

戦争 (せんそう)

war

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

直前 (ちょくぜん)

just before

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

仏蘭西 (フランス)

France

と (と)

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

同盟 (どうめい)

alliance; union; league

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.

結ぶ (むすぶ)

to tie; to bind; to link; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to conclude; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips); to unite (with); to ally; to join hands