私は、我々の原案を変更すべきことを主張した。

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私 は 、 我々 の 原案 を 変更す べき こと を 主張した 。

English Translation

I insisted that we change our original plan.

Furigana

私(わたし)は、我々(われわれ)の原案(げんあん)を変更(へんこう)すべきことを主張(しゅちょう)した。

Romanji

Watashi wa, wareware no gen'an o henkōsu beki koto o shuchōshita.

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

我々 (われわれ)

we

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

原案 (げんあん)

original plan; original bill; motion; draft; draught

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.

変更 (へんこう)

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

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

主張 (しゅちょう)

claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

我

Readings: ガ、 われ、 わ、 わ.が-、 わが-

Meanings: ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

原

Readings: ゲン、 はら

Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

案

Readings: アン、 つくえ

Meanings: plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench

変

Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える

Meanings: unusual, change, strange

更

Readings: コウ、 さら、 さら.に、 ふ.ける、 ふ.かす

Meanings: grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further

主

Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ

Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

張

Readings: チョウ、 は.る、 -は.り、 -ば.り

Meanings: lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)