その大臣は気心の知れた仲間を重要な地位につけました。

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English Translation

The minister appointed one of his cronies to a key position.

Furigana

その大臣(だいじん)は気心(きごころ)の知(し)れた仲間(なかま)を重要(じゅうよう)な地位(ちい)につけました。

Romanji

Sono daijin wa kigokoro no shireta nakama o jūyōna chii ni tsukemashita.

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...

大臣 (だいじん)

cabinet minister

は (は)

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

気心 (きごころ)

temper; disposition

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

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe

仲間 (なかま)

company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner; member of the same category

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.

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

地位 (ちい)

(social) position; status

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up