この30年間、広告会社は大手たばこ会社のお客をのどから手が出るほど欲しがった。

Sentence Analyzer

この 30 年間、広告会社は大手たばこ会社のお客をのどから手が出るほど欲しがった。

English Translation

For the last 30 years, ad agencies would kill for a major tobacco account.

Furigana

この30年間(ねんかん)、広告(こうこく)会社(かいしゃ)は大手(おおて)たばこ会社(かいしゃ)のお客(きゃく)をのどから手(て)が出(で)るほど欲(ほ)しがった。

Romanji

Kono 30 nenkan, kōkoku kaisha wa ōte tabako kaisha no okyaku o nodo kara te ga deru hodo hoshigatta.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

広告 (こうこく)

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

は (は)

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

大手 (おおて)

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

煙草 (たばこ、えんそう、けぶりぐさ、けむりぐさ、タバコ)

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

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

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.

喉 (のど、のんど、のみと、のみど)

throat; singing voice

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

が (が)

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

出る (でる)

to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out; to move forward; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised; to sell; to exceed; to go over; to stick out; to protrude; to break out; to occur; to start; to originate; to be produced; to come from; to be derived from; to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid; to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get; to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave; to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain; to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed; to graduate

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

欲しい (ほしい)

wanted; wished for; in need of; desired; I want (you) to