得意先は責任者が誰か知りたがった。

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得意先 は 責任者 が 誰 か 知りたがった 。

English Translation

A customer wanted to know who the head honcho was.

Furigana

得意先(とくいさき)は責任者(せきにんしゃ)が誰(だれ)か知(し)りたがった。

Romanji

Tokuisaki wa sekininsha ga dare ka shiritagatta.

Words

得意先 (とくいさき)

customer; client; patron; clientele; constituency

は (は)

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

責任者 (せきにんしゃ)

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

が (が)

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

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

Kanji

得

Readings: トク、 え.る、 う.る

Meanings: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit

意

Reading: イ

Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

先

Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず

Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

責

Readings: セキ、 せ.める

Meanings: blame, condemn, censure

任

Readings: ニン、 まか.せる、 まか.す

Meanings: responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint

者

Readings: シャ、 もの

Meanings: someone, person

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom