聴衆は退屈してあくびをし始めた。

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聴衆 は 退屈して あくび を し始めた 。

English Translation

Being bored, the audience began to yawn.

Furigana

聴衆(ちょうしゅう)は退屈(たいくつ)してあくびをし始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Chōshū wa taikutsushite akubi o shihajimeta.

Words

聴衆 (ちょうしゅう)

audience; attendance; hearers

は (は)

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

退屈 (たいくつ)

tedium; boredom

欠伸 (あくび、けんしん)

yawn; yawning (and stretching); kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

聴

Readings: チョウ、 テイ、 き.く、 ゆる.す

Meanings: listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry

衆

Readings: シュウ、 シュ、 おお.い

Meanings: masses, great numbers, multitude, populace

退

Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く

Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject

屈

Readings: クツ、 かが.む、 かが.める

Meanings: yield, bend, flinch, submit

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin