法廷弁護士達はマフィアのボスの用いる黙秘戦術をかわすことができなかった。

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法廷弁護士達はマフィアのぼすの用いる黙秘戦術をかわすことができなかった。

English Translation

The trial lawyers couldn't get past the Mafia leader's stonewalling tactics.

Furigana

法廷(ほうてい)弁護士達(べんごしたち)はマフィアのボスの用(もち)いる黙秘(もくひ)戦術(せんじゅつ)をかわすことができなかった。

Romanji

Hōtei bengoshitachi wa Mafyia no bosu no mochiiru mokuhi senjutsu o kawasu koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

法廷 (ほうてい)

courtroom

は (は)

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

マフィア (マフィア)

mafia

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

ボス (ボス)

boss

用いる (もちいる)

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

黙秘 (もくひ)

keep silent; keep a secret

戦術 (せんじゅつ)

tactics

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.

躱す (かわす)

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant