相手チームのベースラインの向こう側にボールを持って行こうとするためには、選手から選手へとボールを投げなければならなかったのです。

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相手チームのべーすラインの向こう側にぼーるを持って行こうとするためには、選手から選手へとぼーるを投げなければならなかったのです。

English Translation

The players had to throw the ball from one to another to try to get the ball over the other team's baseline.

Furigana

相手(あいて)チームのベースラインの向(む)こう側(がわ)にボールを持(も)って行(い)こうとするためには、選手(せんしゅ)から選手(せんしゅ)へとボールを投(な)げなければならなかったのです。

Romanji

Aite chi-mu no be-su rain no mukōgawa ni bo-ru o motteikou to suru tameni wa, senshu kara senshu e to bo-ru o nagenakerebanaranakatta no desu.

Words

相手 (あいて)

companion; partner; company; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

チーム (チーム、ティーム)

team

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

ベース (ベース、ベイス)

base; bass

ライン (ライン)

line

向こう側 (むこうがわ)

other side; opposite side; other party

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

ホール (ホール)

hall (dance, concert, etc.); hole; whole; dining area of a restaurant

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.

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

は (は)

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

選手 (せんしゅ)

player (in game); team member

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

投げる (なげる)

to throw; to cast away; to face defeat; to give up

です (です)

be; is