その記者は新聞が印刷される直前に記事を送った。

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English Translation

The reporter filed his story just before the paper went to press.

Furigana

その記者(きしゃ)は新聞(しんぶん)が印刷(いんさつ)される直前(ちょくぜん)に記事(きじ)を送(おく)った。

Romanji

Sono kisha wa shinbun ga insatsusareru chokuzen ni kiji o okutta.

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...

記者 (きしゃ)

reporter

は (は)

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

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

印刷 (いんさつ)

printing

直前 (ちょくぜん)

just before

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

記事 (きじ)

article; news story; report; account

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.

送る (おくる)

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time); to live one's life; to pass (down the line); to affix okurigana