市長の家族は一日中脅迫電話に悩まされた。

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English Translation

The mayor's family was harassed with threatening phone calls all day.

Furigana

市長(しちょう)の家族(かぞく)は一(いち)日中(にちちゅう)脅迫(きょうはく)電話(でんわ)に悩(なや)まされた。

Romanji

Shichō no kazoku wa ichi nichichū kyōhaku denwa ni nayamasareta.

Words

市長 (しちょう)

mayor

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

家族 (かぞく)

family; members of a family

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日中 (にっちゅう、ひなか)

daytime; during the day; Sino-Japanese

脅迫 (きょうはく)

threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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

悩ます (なやます)

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest