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その協会は設立以来、素人の入会を断ってきた。

Sentence Analyzer

その 協会 設立 以来 素人 入会 断ってきた

English Translation

The association has excluded amateurs ever since its foundation.

Furigana

その協会(きょうかい)設立(せつりつ)以来(いらい)素人(しろうと)入会(にゅうかい)(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
()
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
()
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
()
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)

Kanji

Reading: キョウ
Meanings: co-, cooperation
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: セツ、 もう.ける
Meanings: establishment, provision, prepare
Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる
Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect
Readings: イ、 もっ.て
Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become
Readings: ソ、 ス、 もと
Meanings: elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert
Readings: ダン、 た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める
Meanings: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting