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得意先は責任者が誰か知りたがった。

Sentence Analyzer

得意先 責任者 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)責任者(せきにんしゃ)(だれ)()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
()
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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
()
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

Readings: トク、 え.る、 う.る
Meanings: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings: セキ、 せ.める
Meanings: blame, condemn, censure
Readings: ニン、 まか.せる、 まか.す
Meanings: responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody
Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom