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私たちの会社はライバル企業に金利競争で敗れた。

Sentence Analyzer

私たち 会社 らいばる 企業 金利 競争 敗れた

English Translation

We lost out to our rival in price competition.

Furigana

(わたし)たちの会社(かいしゃ)はライバル企業(きぎょう)金利(きんり)競争(きょうそう)(やぶ)れた。

Romanji

Watashitachi no kaisha wa raibaru kigyō ni kinri kyōsō de yabureta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
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
会社 (かいしゃ)
company; corporation; workplace
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ライバル (ライバル)
rival; competition
企業 (きぎょう)
enterprise; undertaking; corporation; business
()
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
金利 (きんり)
interest rates
競争 (きょうそう)
competition; contest; to compete
(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.
敗れる (やぶれる)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: キ、 くわだ.てる、 たくら.む
Meanings: undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan
Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ
Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold
Readings: リ、 き.く
Meanings: profit, advantage, benefit
Readings: キョウ、 ケイ、 きそ.う、 せ.る、 くら.べる
Meanings: emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
Readings: ソウ、 あらそ.う、 いか.でか
Meanings: contend, dispute, argue
Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる
Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal