社長と秘書はコーヒーを飲みながら話した。

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English Translation

The president and the secretary talked over a cup of coffee.

Furigana

社長(しゃちょう)と秘書(ひしょ)はコーヒーを飲(の)みながら話(はな)した。

Romanji

Shachō to hisho wa ko-hi- o nomi nagara hanashita.

Words

社長 (しゃちょう)

company president; manager; director

と (と)

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

秘書 (ひしょ)

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

は (は)

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

珈琲 (コーヒー、こーひー)

coffee

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.

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)