なぜ彼の昇給の要求を断ったのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

なぜ彼の昇給の要求を断ったのですか。

English Translation

Why did you turn down his request for a pay rise?

Furigana

なぜ彼(かれ)の昇給(しょうきゅう)の要求(ようきゅう)を断(ことわ)ったのですか。

Romanji

Naze kare no shōkyū no yōkyū o kotowatta no desu ka.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

昇給 (しょうきゅう)

salary raise

要求 (ようきゅう)

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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.

断る (ことわる)

to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline; to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

です (です)

be; is

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