慈善事業に、そのような多額の寄付をすることは、かれを名士になったような気分にさせた。

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English Translation

Giving such large contributions to charities made him feel that he had a feather in his cap.

Furigana

慈善(じぜん)事業(じぎょう)に、そのような多額(たがく)の寄付(きふ)をすることは、かれを名士(めいし)になったような気分(きぶん)にさせた。

Romanji

Jizen jigyō ni, sono yōna tagaku no kifu o suru koto wa, kare o meishi ni natta yōna kibun ni saseta.

Words

慈善 (じぜん)

charity; philanthropy

事業 (じぎょう、ことわざ)

project; enterprise; business; industry; operations; venture; service; act; deed; conduct

に (に)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

多額 (たがく)

large amount of money

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

寄付 (きふ)

contribution; donation

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

は (は)

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

枯れる (かれる)

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

名士 (めいし)

celebrity; personage

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

気分 (きぶん)

feeling; mood