知事は戦死した兵士たちに記念碑を奉納した。

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English Translation

The governor dedicated the memorial to the soldiers who died in the war.

Furigana

知事(ちじ)は戦死(せんし)した兵士(へいし)たちに記念碑(きねんひ)を奉納(ほうのう)した。

Romanji

Chiji wa senshishita heishitachi ni kinenhi o hōnōshita.

Words

知事 (ちじ)

prefectural governor

は (は)

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

戦死 (せんし)

death in action; killed in action; KIA

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

記念碑 (きねんひ)

commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)

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.

奉納 (ほうのう)

dedication; offering; presentation; oblation