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駐車許可を求める要求が却下されたことを、その職員はボブに知らせた。

Sentence Analyzer

駐車 許可 求める 要求 却下された こと その 職員 ぼぶ 知らせた

English Translation

The official informed Bob that his request for a parking permit had been rejected.

Furigana

駐車(ちゅうしゃ)許可(きょか)(もと)める要求(ようきゅう)却下(きゃっか)されたことを、その職員(しょくいん)はボブに()らせた。

Romanji

Chūsha kyoka o motomeru yōkyū ga kyakkasareta koto o, sono shokuin wa Bobu ni shiraseta.

Words

駐車 (ちゅうしゃ)
parking (e.g. car)
許可 (きょか)
permission; approval; authorization; license; to permit; to authorize
()
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.
求める (もとめる)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to purchase; to buy
要求 (ようきゅう)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
却下 (きゃっか)
rejection; dismissal
(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
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
職員 (しょくいん)
staff member; personnel
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ボブ (ボブ)
bob
()
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
知らせる (しらせる)
to notify; to advise; to inform

Kanji

Reading: チュウ
Meanings: stop-over, reside in, resident
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: キョ、 ゆる.す、 もと
Meanings: permit, approve
Readings: カ、 コク、 -べ.き、 -べ.し
Meanings: can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not
Readings: キュウ、 グ、 もと.める
Meanings: request, want, wish for, require, demand
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: キャク、 かえ.って、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける
Meanings: instead, on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw, retreat
Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる
Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Readings: ショク、 ソク
Meanings: post, employment, work
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom