その会は外務省の後援で開かれた。

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その会は外務省の後援で開かれた。

English Translation

That party was held under the auspices of the Foreign Ministry.

Furigana

その会(かい)は外務省(がいむしょう)の後援(こうえん)で開(ひら)かれた。

Romanji

Sono kai wa Gaimushō no kōen de hirakareta.

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...

会 (かい)

meeting; assembly; party; association; club

は (は)

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

外務省 (がいむしょう)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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

後援 (こうえん)

support; backing

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.

開く (ひらく)

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)