船長は無線通信士に遭難信号を打つように命令した。

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English Translation

The ship's captain ordered the radio operator to send a distress signal.

Furigana

船長(せんちょう)は無線(むせん)通信士(つうしんし)に遭難(そうなん)信号(しんごう)を打(う)つように命令(めいれい)した。

Romanji

Senchō wa musen tsūshinshi ni sōnan shingō o utsu yōni meireishita.

Words

船長 (せんちょう、ふなおさ)

ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman

は (は)

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

無線 (むせん)

wireless; radio

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

遭難 (そうなん)

disaster; shipwreck; accident; being stranded

信号 (しんごう)

signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

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.

打つ (うつ)

to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress; to touch; to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to type; to send; to transmit; to insert; to write in; to mark; to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare; to till (soil); to sprinkle; to throw; to cast; to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.); to pay (a deposit, etc.); to visit (on a pilgrimage); to line (a coat); to bind (a criminal)

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

命令 (めいれい)

order; command; decree; directive; (software) instruction; statement