彼はただ嘘をつくことを拒んだという理由だけで自分の地位を失った。

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English Translation

He lost his position only because he refused to tell a lie.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はただ嘘(うそ)をつくことを拒(こば)んだという理由(りゆう)だけで自分(じぶん)の地位(ちい)を失(うしな)った。

Romanji

Kare wa tada uso o tsuku koto o kobanda toiu riyū dake de jibun no chii o ushinatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

只 (ただ、タダ)

ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless

嘘 (うそ)

lie; falsehood; incorrect fact; Really!; Unbelievable!; No way!

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.

吐く (つく)

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up; to spit up

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

拒む (こばむ)

to refuse; to reject; to decline

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

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.

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

地位 (ちい)

(social) position; status

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with