ファスナーを発明したとき、その実業家は何と言ったか。

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English Translation

What did the businessman say when he invented the zip-fastener?

Furigana

ファスナーを発明(はつめい)したとき、その実業家(じつぎょうか)は何(なに)と言(い)ったか。

Romanji

Fuxasuna- o hatsumeishita toki, sono jitsugyōka wa nani to itta ka.

Words

ファスナー (ファスナー)

fastener; zipper

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.

発明 (はつめい)

invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

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...

実業家 (じつぎょうか)

industrialist; businessman

は (は)

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

と (と)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

か (か)

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