彼らは４年毎に競技大会を行う事が必要だと信じていた。

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English Translation

They believed it necessary to have great contests every four years.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは４年毎(ねんごと)に競技(きょうぎ)大会(たいかい)を行(おこな)う事(こと)が必要(ひつよう)だと信(しん)じていた。

Romanji

Karera wa yon nengoto ni kyōgi taikai o okonau koto ga hitsuyō da to shinjiteita.

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

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

年毎 (としごと)

every year; year by year

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

競技 (きょうぎ)

game; match; contest

大会 (たいかい)

convention; tournament; mass meeting; rally

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.

行う (おこなう)

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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

が (が)

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

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

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)

信じる (しんじる)

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in