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将軍は難局に敢然と立ち向かい、自軍を破滅から救った。

Sentence Analyzer

将軍 難局 敢然と 立ち向かい 自軍 破滅 から 救った

English Translation

The general took the bull by the horns and saved his army from disaster.

Furigana

将軍(しょうぐん)難局(なんきょく)敢然(かんぜん)()()かい、自軍(じぐん)破滅(はめつ)から(すく)った。

Romanji

Shōgun wa nankyoku ni kanzento tachimukai, jigun o hametsu kara sukutta.

Words

将軍 (しょうぐん)
general; shogun
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
難局 (なんきょく)
difficult situation
()
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
立ち向かう (たちむかう)
to fight against; to oppose; to face
自軍 (じぐん)
one's own army or team
()
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.
破滅 (はめつ)
ruin; destruction; fall
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
救う (すくう)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ソウ、 まさ.に、 はた、 まさ、 ひきい.る、 もって
Meanings: leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
Readings: グン、 いくさ
Meanings: army, force, troops, war, battle
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
Readings: キョク、 つぼね
Meanings: bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
Readings: カン、 あ.えて、 あ.えない、 あ.えず
Meanings: daring, brave, bold, sad, tragic, pitiful
Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ
Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる
Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect
Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い
Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ハ、 やぶ.る、 やぶ.れる、 わ.れる
Meanings: rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate
Readings: メツ、 ほろ.びる、 ほろ.ぶ、 ほろ.ぼす
Meanings: destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
Readings: キュウ、 すく.う
Meanings: salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim