三浦氏はある週刊誌に対して名誉毀損の訴えを起こした。

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English Translation

Mr Miura brought an action of libel against a weekly magazine.

Furigana

三浦(みうら)氏(し)はある週刊誌(しゅうかんし)に対(たい)して名誉(めいよ)毀損(きそん)の訴(うった)えを起(お)こした。

Romanji

Miura shi wa aru shūkanshi nitaishite meiyo kison no uttae o okoshita.

Words

氏 (し)

Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people

は (は)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

週刊誌 (しゅうかんし)

weekly publication; weekly magazine

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

名誉 (めいよ)

honor; honour; credit; prestige

毀損 (きそん)

damage; injury; defamation; waste

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

訴え (うったえ)

lawsuit; complaint

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.

起こす (おこす)

to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)