国防総省関係者は、異常がいつ発生したかについては口を閉ざしており、飛行の詳細についても論評をさけました。

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English Translation

Pentagon officials won't say when the problem turned up and refused to discuss details about the flight.

Furigana

国防総省(こくぼうそうしょう)関係者(かんけいしゃ)は、異常(いじょう)がいつ発生(はっせい)したかについては口(くち)を閉(と)ざしており、飛行(ひこう)の詳細(しょうさい)についても論評(ろんぴょう)をさけました。

Romanji

Kokubōsōshō kankeisha wa, ijō ga i tsu hasseishita ka nitsuite wa kuchi o tozashiteori, hikō no shōsai nitsuite mo ronpyō o sakemashita.

Words

国防総省 (こくぼうそうしょう)

Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon

関係者 (かんけいしゃ)

authorized people; authorised people; person(s) concerned; officials; staff

は (は)

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

異常 (いじょう)

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

発生 (はっせい)

outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; origin; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

口 (くち)

mouth; opening; hole; gap; orifice; mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; gate; door; entrance; exit; speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); taste; palate; mouth (to feed); opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; invitation; summons; kind; sort; type; opening (i.e. beginning); counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords

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.

閉ざす (とざす、さす)

to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten; to plunge (in grief)

飛行 (ひこう)

aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight

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

詳細 (しょうさい)

detail; particulars

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

論評 (ろんぴょう)

comment; criticism

下げる (さげる)

to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration); to lower; to reduce; to bring down; to demote; to move back; to pull back; to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)