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新聞2ページ分が王室の離婚問題にもっぱら用いられた。

Sentence Analyzer

新聞 ページ分 王室 離婚 問題 もっぱら 用いられた

English Translation

Two whole pages of the newspaper were devoted to the news of the royal divorce.

Furigana

新聞(しんぶん)2ページ(ぶん)王室(おうしつ)離婚(りこん)問題(もんだい)にもっぱら(もち)いられた。

Romanji

Shinbun ni pe-jibun ga ōshitsu no rikon mondai ni moppara mochiirareta.

Words

新聞 (しんぶん)
newspaper
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
王室 (おうしつ)
royal family
()
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
離婚 (りこん)
divorce
問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
()
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
専ら (もっぱら、もはら)
wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly; principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly
用いる (もちいる)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

Kanji

Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: オウ、 -ノウ
Meanings: king, rule, magnate
Readings: シツ、 むろ
Meanings: room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
Readings: リ、 はな.れる、 はな.す
Meanings: detach, separation, disjoin, digress
Reading: コン
Meaning: marriage
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ