その写真の何枚かは命懸けで撮影された。

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その写真の何枚かは命懸けで撮影された。

English Translation

Some of the photos have been taken at the risk of life and limb.

Furigana

その写真(しゃしん)の何(なん)枚(まい)かは命懸(いのちが)けで撮影(さつえい)された。

Romanji

Sono shashin no nan mai ka wa inochigake de satsueisareta.

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...

写真 (しゃしん)

photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie

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

何 (なに、なん)

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

枚 (まい)

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)

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

は (は)

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

命がけ (いのちがけ)

risking one's life; life and death; risky; desperate

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

撮影 (さつえい)

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording