彼らは私がその会に出席すべきだと主張した。

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English Translation

They insisted on my attending the meeting.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは私(わたし)がその会(かい)に出席(しゅっせき)すべきだと主張(しゅちょう)した。

Romanji

Karera wa watashi ga sono kai ni shussekisu beki da to shuchōshita.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

会 (かい)

meeting; assembly; party; association; club

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

出席 (しゅっせき)

attendance; presence; appearance; to attend; to be present; to appear

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

主張 (しゅちょう)

claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet