ここだけの話ですが、彼は収賄で首になったのです。

Sentence Analyzer

ここ だけ の 話 です が 、 彼 は 収賄 で 首 に なった の です 。

English Translation

Between ourselves, he was dismissed for bribery.

Furigana

ここだけの話(はなし)ですが、彼(かれ)は収賄(しゅうわい)で首(くび)になったのです。

Romanji

Koko dake no hanashi desu ga, kare wa shūwai de kubi ni natta no desu.

Words

此処 (ここ)

here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

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

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

収賄 (しゅうわい)

accepting bribes; corruption; graft

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.

首 (くび、クビ)

neck; head; dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

収

Readings: シュウ、 おさ.める、 おさ.まる

Meanings: income, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store

賄

Readings: ワイ、 まかな.う

Meanings: bribe, board, supply, finance

首

Readings: シュ、 くび

Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems