暴力団はその金持ちから莫大な金をゆすり取った。

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English Translation

The gangsters extorted a vast sum of money from the rich man.

Furigana

暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)はその金持(かねも)ちから莫大(ばくだい)な金(きん)をゆすり取(と)った。

Romanji

Bōryokudan wa sono kanemochi kara bakudaina kin o yusuri totta.

Words

暴力団 (ぼうりょくだん)

gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza (Japanese mafia); band of thugs; group of hoodlums

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

莫大 (ばくだい)

enormous; vast; malva nut

金 (きん)

gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); valuable; of highest value; gold coin; money; Friday; metal (fourth of the five elements); Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); gold general; testicles; karat; carat

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.

譲り (ゆずり)

inheritance; something given or received

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play