報酬はよかった、そしてそのことが彼らがその研究に参加した唯一の動機だった。

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English Translation

The pay was good, and that was their only motivation to participate in the study.

Furigana

報酬(ほうしゅう)はよかった、そしてそのことが彼(かれ)らがその研究(けんきゅう)に参加(さんか)した唯一(ゆいいつ)の動機(どうき)だった。

Romanji

Hōshū wa yokatta, soshite sono koto ga karera ga sono kenkyū ni sankashita yuiitsu no dōki datta.

Words

報酬 (ほうしゅう)

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

は (は)

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

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

然して (そして、しかして)

and; and then; thus; and now

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...

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

研究 (けんきゅう)

study; research; investigation

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

参加 (さんか)

participation

唯一 (ゆいいつ、ゆいつ)

only; sole; unique

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

動機 (どうき)

motive; incentive; motif

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative