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その問題は委員会によって討議されている最中だった。

Sentence Analyzer

その 問題 委員会 によって 討議されている 最中 だった

English Translation

The committee were discussing the problem.

Furigana

その問題(もんだい)委員会(いいんかい)によって討議(とうぎ)されている最中(さいちゅう)だった。

Romanji

Sono mondai wa iinkai niyotte tōgisareteiru saichū datta.

Words

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...
問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
委員会 (いいんかい)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
に因って (によって)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
討議 (とうぎ)
debate; discussion
最中 (さいちゅう、さなか)
in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
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: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: トウ、 う.つ
Meanings: chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
Reading: 
Meanings: deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center