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オーナーたちは組合のシンパを一人残らず解雇するために首切り役を投入した。

Sentence Analyzer

オーナーたち 組合 しんぱ 残らず 解雇する ために 首切り役 投入した

English Translation

The owners brought in a hatchet man to fire all the union sympathizers.

Furigana

オーナーたちは組合(くみあい)のシンパを(いち)(にん)(のこ)らず解雇(かいこ)するために首切(くびき)(やく)投入(とうにゅう)した。

Romanji

O-na-tachi wa kumiai no shinpa o ichi nin nokorazu kaikosuru tameni kubikiriyaku o tōnyūshita.

Words

()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
組合 (くみあい)
association; union; guild
()
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
シンパ (シンパ)
(Communist, union, etc.) sympathizer; sympathiser
()
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.
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(じん)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people
残る (のこる)
to remain; to be left
解雇 (かいこ)
discharge; dismissal
為に (ために)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of
投入 (とうにゅう)
throwing into; inserting; depositing; investment; putting in (personnel, etc.); release of a product; making (an electrical circuit)

Kanji

Readings: ソ、 く.む、 くみ、 -ぐみ
Meanings: association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple
Readings: ゴウ、 ガッ、 カッ、 あ.う、 -あ.う、 あ.い、 あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、 あ.わす、 あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる
Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ザン、 サン、 のこ.る、 のこ.す、 そこな.う、 のこ.り
Meanings: remainder, leftover, balance
Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る
Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Readings: コ、 やと.う
Meanings: employ, hire
Readings: シュ、 くび
Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp
Readings: ヤク、 エキ
Meanings: duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
Readings: トウ、 な.げる、 -な.げ
Meanings: throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert