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先生は教室を掃除するように命じた。

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先生 教室 掃除する ように 命じた

English Translation

The teacher ordered the classroom to be cleaned.

Furigana

先生(せんせい)教室(きょうしつ)掃除(そうじ)するように(めい)じた。

Romanji

Sensei wa kyōshitsu o sōjisuru yōni meijita.

Words

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)
teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
教室 (きょうしつ)
classroom; department; laboratory; single-room school; small school
()
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.
掃除 (そうじ)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
様に (ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
命じる (めいじる)
to order; to command; to appoint

Kanji

Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine
Readings: シツ、 むろ
Meanings: room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
Readings: ソウ、 シュ、 は.く
Meanings: sweep, brush
Readings: ジョ、 ジ、 のぞ.く、 -よ.け
Meanings: exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint