重役会議で、彼は勇気を奮って口火を切った。

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English Translation

He got up enough guts to break the ice at the board meeting.

Furigana

重役(じゅうやく)会議(かいぎ)で、彼(かれ)は勇気(ゆうき)を奮(ふる)って口火(くちび)を切(き)った。

Romanji

Jūyaku kaigi de, kare wa yūki o furutte kuchibi o kitta.

Words

重役 (じゅうやく、おもやく)

company director; top management; high executive; (person with) heavy responsibilities

会議 (かいぎ)

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

勇気 (ゆうき)

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

を (を)

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.

奮う (ふるう)

to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated

口火 (くちび)

fuse; spark plug; cause (of war); origin (of a quarrel)

切る (きる)

to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery); to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (i.e. the light); to terminate (i.e. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect; to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub); to open (something sealed); to start; to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.); to reduce; to decrease; to discount; to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain; to cross; to traverse; to criticize sharply; to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki); to turn (a vehicle); to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut; to shuffle (cards); to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate; to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph); to trump; (in Go) to isolate (an opponent's stone); to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone); to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.); to finish; to complete