このため、会談の席の配置では米国と相対して座る場所を求めた。

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English Translation

So they sought a place such that the conference seating would have them facing the Americans.

Furigana

このため、会談(かいだん)の席(せき)の配置(はいち)では米国(べいこく)と相対(あいたい)して座(すわ)る場所(ばしょ)を求(もと)めた。

Romanji

Kono tame, kaidan no seki no haichi de wa Beikoku to aitaishite suwaru basho o motometa.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

会談 (かいだん)

conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview

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

席 (せき)

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

配置 (はいち)

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration; layout

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.

は (は)

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

米国 (べいこく)

America; USA

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

相対 (あいたい)

confrontation; facing; between ourselves; no third party; tete-a-tete

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

場所 (ばしょ)

place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

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.

求める (もとめる)

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to purchase; to buy