そのボランティアグループの活動は５０年に及んだ。
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English Translation
The activities of the volunteer group covered half a century.
Furigana
そのボランティアグループの活動 は５０年 に及 んだ。
Romanji
Sono boranthia guru-pu no katsudō wa go zero nen ni oyonda.
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...
ボランティア
(ボランティア、ボランテァ、バランティア)
volunteer
グループ
(グループ)
group (usu. of people)
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
活動
(かつどう)
action; activity; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
五
(ご、いつ、い)
five
○
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
年
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
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
及ぶ
(およぶ)
to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for); to commit (a crime); to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative)
Kanji
Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける
Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: キュウ、 およ.ぶ、 およ.び、 および、 およ.ぼす
Meanings: reach out, exert, exercise, cause