彼らはそうしたことで強く非難を浴びた。

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彼ら は そうした こと で 強く 非難 を 浴びた 。

English Translation

They came in for a lot of criticism over doing that.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らはそうしたことで強(つよ)く非難(ひなん)を浴(あ)びた。

Romanji

Karera wa sōshita koto de tsuyoku hinan o abita.

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

然うした (そうした)

such

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

だ (だ)

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

強い (こわい)

tough; stiff; hard; inflexible; obstinate; stubborn

非難 (ひなん)

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

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.

浴びる (あびる)

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to bathe in; to be flooded with (e.g. light); to be covered in; to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon; to be showered with

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

強

Readings: キョウ、 ゴウ、 つよ.い、 つよ.まる、 つよ.める、 し.いる、 こわ.い

Meaning: strong

非

Readings: ヒ、 あら.ず

Meanings: un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-

難

Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い

Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

浴

Readings: ヨク、 あ.びる、 あ.びせる

Meanings: bathe, be favored with, bask in