彼は四年刑期のところを二年で釈放された。

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English Translation

He was let out after serving just two years of his four-year prison sentence.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は四(よん)年(ねん)刑期(けいき)のところを二(に)年(ねん)で釈放(しゃくほう)された。

Romanji

Kare wa yon nen keiki no tokoro o ni nen de shakuhōsareta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

刑期 (けいき)

prison term

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

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

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.

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

釈放 (しゃくほう)

release; liberation; acquittal