達成したことの意義を理解したアメリカ人はきわめて少数であった。

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達成したことの意義を理解したあめりか人はきわめて少数であった。

English Translation

Few, if any, Americans grasped the significance of what had been accomplished.

Furigana

達成(たっせい)したことの意義(いぎ)を理解(りかい)したアメリカ人(じん)はきわめて少数(しょうすう)であった。

Romanji

Tasseishita koto no igi o rikaishita Amerikajin wa kiwamete shōsū de atta.

Words

達成 (たっせい)

achievement

事 (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

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

意義 (いぎ)

meaning; significance

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.

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)

American person

は (は)

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

極めて (きわめて)

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

少数 (しょうすう)

minority; few

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative