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この新聞は最も人気のある筆者をはずしてから、読者数を減らし始めた。

Sentence Analyzer

この 新聞 は 最も 人気 の ある 筆者 を はずして から 、 読者数 を 減らし始めた 。

English Translation

The newspaper began to lose readers when it dispensed with one of its most popular writers.

Furigana

この新聞(しんぶん)は最(もっと)も人気(にんき)のある筆者(ひっしゃ)をはずしてから、読者数(どくしゃすう)を減(へ)らし始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Kono shinbun wa mottomo ninki no aru hissha o hazushite kara, dokushasū o herashihajimeta.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
新聞 (しんぶん)
newspaper
は (は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
最も (もっとも、もとも)
most; extremely
人気 (にんき)
popularity; popular feeling; business conditions
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
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
筆者 (ひっしゃ)
writer (often in self-reference); author
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.
外す (はずす)
to unfasten; to undo; to remove; to take off; to deinstall; to leave; to step out; to slip away; to miss (a target)
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
減らす (へらす)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

Kanji

新
Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
聞
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen
最
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
人
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
気
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
筆
Readings: ヒツ、 ふで
Meanings: writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
者
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
読
Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み
Meaning: read
数
Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい
Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures
減
Readings: ゲン、 へ.る、 へ.らす
Meanings: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
始
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin