私は自分の財産を弁護士に委ねた。

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私 は 自分 の 財産 を 弁護士 に 委ねた 。

English Translation

I entrusted my property to the lawyer.

Furigana

私(わたし)は自分(じぶん)の財産(ざいさん)を弁護士(べんごし)に委(ゆだ)ねた。

Romanji

Watashi wa jibun no zaisan o bengoshi ni yudaneta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

財産 (ざいさん)

property; fortune; assets

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.

弁護士 (べんごし)

lawyer; attorney

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

委ねる (ゆだねる)

to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

自

Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと

Meaning: oneself

分

Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

財

Readings: ザイ、 サイ、 ゾク、 たから

Meanings: property, money, wealth, assets

産

Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す

Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

弁

Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う

Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

護

Readings: ゴ、 まも.る

Meanings: safeguard, protect

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

委

Readings: イ、 ゆだ.ねる

Meanings: committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard