彼らの要請に応じて学校側が動き出した。

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彼ら の 要請 に 応じて 学校側 が 動き出した 。

English Translation

The school authorities started to take action at their request.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らの要請(ようせい)に応(おう)じて学校側(がっこうがわ)が動(うご)き出(だ)した。

Romanji

Karera no yōsei ni ōjite gakkōgawa ga ugokidashita.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

要請 (ようせい)

appeal; call for something; request; claim; demand; axiom

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

応じる (おうじる)

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

が (が)

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

動き出す (うごきだす)

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

要

Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

請

Readings: セイ、 シン、 ショウ、 こ.う、 う.ける

Meanings: solicit, invite, ask

応

Readings: オウ、 ヨウ、 -ノウ、 あた.る、 まさに、 こた.える

Meanings: apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept

学

Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ

Meanings: study, learning, science

校

Readings: コウ、 キョウ

Meanings: exam, school, printing, proof, correction

側

Readings: ソク、 かわ、 がわ、 そば

Meanings: side, lean, oppose, regret

動

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude