小田茜は、美少女コンテスト上がりの女優だ。

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English Translation

Akane Oda got her start in a petite miss beauty contest.

Furigana

小田(おだ)茜(あかね)は、美少女(びしょうじょ)コンテスト上(あ)がりの女優(じょゆう)だ。

Romanji

Oda Akane wa, bishōjo kontesuto agari no joyū da.

Words

小田 (おだ)

rice field (usu. small)

茜 (あかね、アカネ)

madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)

は (は)

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

美少女 (びしょうじょ)

beautiful girl

コンテスト (コンテスト)

contest

上がり (あがり)

rise; increase; ascent; income; proceeds; return; profit; crop yield; freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops); completion; stop; finish; end result (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.); how something comes out; after (rain, illness, etc.); ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat)

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

女優 (じょゆう)

actress

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative