船長というのは、船と乗組員に対して責任がある。

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船長 という の は 、 船 と 乗組員 に対して 責任 が ある 。

English Translation

Captains have responsibility for ship and crew.

Furigana

船長(せんちょう)というのは、船(ふね)と乗組員(のりくみいん)に対(たい)して責任(せきにん)がある。

Romanji

Senchō toiu no wa, fune to norikumiin nitaishite sekinin ga aru.

Words

船長 (せんちょう、ふなおさ)

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

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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

は (は)

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

船 (ふね)

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

と (と)

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

乗組員 (のりくみいん)

crew

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

責任 (せきにん)

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

が (が)

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

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

船

Readings: セン、 ふね、 ふな-

Meanings: ship, boat

長

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

乗

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 の.る、 -の.り、 の.せる

Meanings: ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join

組

Readings: ソ、 く.む、 くみ、 -ぐみ

Meanings: association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple

員

Reading: イン

Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge

対

Readings: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う

Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare

責

Readings: セキ、 せ.める

Meanings: blame, condemn, censure

任

Readings: ニン、 まか.せる、 まか.す

Meanings: responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint