講演は彼らの社会運動を支持していた。

Sentence Analyzer

講演 は 彼ら の 社会 運動 を 支持していた 。

English Translation

The address was in favor of their social movement.

Furigana

講演(こうえん)は彼(かれ)らの社会(しゃかい)運動(うんどう)を支持(しじ)していた。

Romanji

Kōen wa karera no shakai undō o shijishiteita.

Words

講演 (こうえん)

lecture; address; speech

は (は)

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

運動 (うんどう)

exercise; physical training; work-out; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying; motion; movement

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.

支持 (しじ)

support; holding up; propping; support; backing; endorsing

Kanji

講

Reading: コウ

Meanings: lecture, club, association

演

Reading: エン

Meanings: performance, act, play, render, stage

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

社

Readings: シャ、 やしろ

Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine

会

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる

Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

運

Readings: ウン、 はこ.ぶ

Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance

動

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

支

Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う

Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

持

Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる

Meanings: hold, have