市長が賄賂を受け取ったんですって。

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市長が賄賂を受け取ったんですって。

English Translation

It's said that the mayor is on the take.

Furigana

市長(しちょう)が賄賂(わいろ)を受(う)け取(と)ったんですって。

Romanji

Shichō ga wairo o uketotta n desu tte.

Words

市長 (しちょう)

mayor

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

賄賂 (わいろ、ワイロ)

bribe; sweetener; douceur

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.

受け取る (うけとる)

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

です (です)

be; is

って (って、て)

casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.