あの二人のランナーはオリンピックの決勝戦まで互いに一歩もゆずらぬ闘いをした。

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English Translation

Those two runners were head to head right up till the finals in the Olympics.

Furigana

あの二(に)人(にん)のランナーはオリンピックの決勝戦(けっしょうせん)まで互(たが)いに一(いち)歩(ほ)もゆずらぬ闘(たたか)いをした。

Romanji

Ano ni nin no ranna- wa orinpikku no kesshōsen made tagaini ichi ho mo yuzuranu tatakai o shita.

Words

あのう (あのう、あの、あのー)

say; well; errr ...

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

人 (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

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

ランナー (ランナー)

runner

は (は)

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

オリンピック (オリンピック)

Olympics

決勝戦 (けっしょうせん)

finals game of a tournament; decision of a contest

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

互いに (たがいに)

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

歩 (ほ)

step; stride; counter for steps

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

強請る (ねだる、ゆする)

to tease; to coax; to solicit; to demand; to extort

戦い (たたかい)

battle; fight; struggle; conflict

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