彼らがうそを言ったということは明白だった。

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English Translation

It was obvious that they had told a lie.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らがうそを言(い)ったということは明白(めいはく)だった。

Romanji

Karera ga uso o itta toiu koto wa meihaku datta.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

が (が)

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

鷽 (うそ、ウソ)

Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula); Japanese bullfinch

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.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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

は (は)

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

明白 (めいはく)

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit; overt

だ (だ)

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