その協会は設立以来、素人の入会を断ってきた。

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English Translation

The association has excluded amateurs ever since its foundation.

Furigana

その協会(きょうかい)は設立(せつりつ)以来(いらい)、素人(しろうと)の入会(にゅうかい)を断(ことわ)ってきた。

Romanji

Sono kyōkai wa setsuritsu irai, shirōto no nyūkai o kotowattekita.

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...

協会 (きょうかい)

association; society; organization; organisation

は (は)

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

設立 (せつりつ)

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

以来 (いらい)

since; henceforth

素人 (しろうと、しろと、しらびと)

amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice; respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.); unlicensed prostitute

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

入会 (にゅうかい)

admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment

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)