そのボクサーは体重を抑えておく努力をした。

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その ボクサー は 体重 を 抑えておく 努力 を した 。

English Translation

The boxer tried to keep his head down.

Furigana

そのボクサーは体重(たいじゅう)を抑(おさ)えておく努力(どりょく)をした。

Romanji

Sono bokusa- wa taijū o osaeteoku doryoku o shita.

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...

ボクサー (ボクサー)

boxer

は (は)

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

体重 (たいじゅう)

body weight; one's weight

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.

押さえる (おさえる)

to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb; to seize; to grasp; to arrest; to gain control of something; to govern; to keep down (e.g. information); to suppress; to catch happening; to determine (important points); to find (proof); to understand

努力 (どりょく)

great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

体

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

重

Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも

Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

抑

Readings: ヨク、 おさ.える

Meanings: repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

努

Readings: ド、 つと.める

Meanings: toil, diligent, as much as possible

力

Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから

Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert