知名の文士たちの集まりが昨夜あった。

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知名 の 文士たち の 集まり が 昨夜 あった 。

English Translation

Noted literary personalities gathered together last evening.

Furigana

知名(ちめい)の文士(ぶんし)たちの集(あつ)まりが昨夜(さくや)あった。

Romanji

Chimei no bunshitachi no atsumari ga sakuya atta.

Words

知名 (ちめい)

well-known

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

集まり (あつまり)

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

が (が)

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

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)

evening; last night

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom

名

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 な、 -な

Meanings: name, noted, distinguished, reputation

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

集

Readings: シュウ、 あつ.まる、 あつ.める、 つど.う

Meanings: gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock

昨

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

夜

Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる

Meanings: night, evening