ゲーリーはフットボールをする事に活力のはけ口を見つけた。

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English Translation

Gary found an outlet for his energy in playing football.

Furigana

ゲーリーはフットボールをする事(こと)に活力(かつりょく)のはけ口(ぐち)を見(み)つけた。

Romanji

Ge-ri- wa futtobo-ru o suru koto ni katsuryoku no hakeguchi o mitsuketa.

Words

は (は)

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

フットボール (フットボール)

football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)

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.

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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

活力 (かつりょく)

vitality; energy; dynamism

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

はけ口 (はけぐち、さばけぐち)

outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)

見つける (みつける、みっける)

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot; to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

Kanji

事

Readings: ジ、ズ、こと、つか.う、つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

活

Readings: カツ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける

Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living

力

Readings: リョク、リキ、リイ、ちから

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

口

Readings: コウ、ク、くち

Meaning: mouth

見

Readings: ケン、み.る、み.える、み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible