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使節団は空路を利用して国境までの最短距離を行った。

Sentence Analyzer

使節団 空路 利用して 国境 まで 最短 距離 行った

English Translation

The mission took the direct route by air to the boundary.

Furigana

使節団(しせつだん)空路(くうろ)利用(りよう)して国境(こっきょう)までの最短(さいたん)距離(きょり)(おこな)った。

Romanji

Shisetsudan wa kūro o riyōshite kokkyō made no saitan kyori o okonatta.

Words

使節団 (しせつだん)
mission; delegation
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
空路 (くうろ)
air lane
()
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.
利用 (りよう)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
国境 (こっきょう、くにざかい、こっかい)
national border; provincial border
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
()
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
最短 (さいたん)
shortest
距離 (きょり)
distance; range
行う (おこなう)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

Kanji

使
Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Readings: セツ、 セチ、 ふし、 -ぶし、 のっと
Meanings: node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody
Readings: ダン、 トン、 かたまり、 まる.い
Meanings: group, association
Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Readings: ロ、 ル、 -じ、 みち
Meanings: path, route, road, distance
Readings: リ、 き.く
Meanings: profit, advantage, benefit
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: キョウ、 ケイ、 さかい
Meanings: boundary, border, region
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: タン、 みじか.い
Meanings: short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
Readings: キョ、 へだ.たる、 けづめ
Meanings: long-distance, spur, fetlock
Readings: リ、 はな.れる、 はな.す
Meanings: detach, separation, disjoin, digress
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank