今朝に予定されていた打ち上げは、ジョン・クレイトン船長の病気のために延期された。

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今朝に予定されていた打ち上げは、ジョン・くれいとん船長の病気のために延期された。

English Translation

The launch, which had been scheduled for this morning, was postponed because of the illness of shuttle Commander John Creighton.

Furigana

今朝(けさ)に予定(よてい)されていた打(う)ち上(あ)げは、ジョン・クレイトン船長(せんちょう)の病気(びょうき)のために延期(えんき)された。

Romanji

Kesa ni yoteisareteita uchiage wa, Jon Kurei Ton senchō no byōki no tameni enkisareta.

Words

今朝 (けさ、こんちょう)

this morning

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

予定 (よてい)

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate

打ち上げる (うちあげる)

to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close; to report (to boss, etc.)

は (は)

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

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

グレー (グレー、グレイ)

grey (gray); gray (SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation)

屯 (トン)

ton (now usu. a metric ton, i.e. 1,000kg); tonne

船長 (せんちょう、ふなおさ)

ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman

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

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

延期 (えんき)

postponement; adjournment