聴衆は音楽に合わせて手拍子を打った。

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聴衆は音楽に合わせて手拍子を打った。

English Translation

The audience kept time to the music.

Furigana

聴衆(ちょうしゅう)は音楽(おんがく)に合(あ)わせて手拍子(てびょうし)を打(う)った。

Romanji

Chōshū wa ongaku ni awasete tebyōshi o utta.

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

音楽 (おんがく)

music; musical movement

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

合わせる (あわせる)

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with; to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate); to place together; to connect; to overlap; to mix; to combine; to put blade to blade; to fight

手拍子 (てびょうし)

beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in Go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

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.

打つ (うつ)

to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress; to touch; to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to type; to send; to transmit; to insert; to write in; to mark; to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare; to till (soil); to sprinkle; to throw; to cast; to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.); to pay (a deposit, etc.); to visit (on a pilgrimage); to line (a coat); to bind (a criminal)