経営陣がどうしてスト参加者の要求にあんなに簡単に屈したのか分からない。

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経営陣がどうしてすと参加者の要求にあんなに簡単に屈したのか分からない。

English Translation

I don't know why the management submitted to the striker's demands so easily.

Furigana

経営陣(けいえいじん)がどうしてスト参加者(さんかしゃ)の要求(ようきゅう)にあんなに簡単(かんたん)に屈(くっ)したのか分(わ)からない。

Romanji

Keieijin ga dōshite suto sankasha no yōkyū ni annani kantan ni kusshita no ka wakaranai.

Words

経営陣 (けいえいじん)

the management ranks

が (が)

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

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

スト (スト)

strike (i.e. industrial action)

参加者 (さんかしゃ)

participant; entrant

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

要求 (ようきゅう)

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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

あんなに (あんなに)

to that extent; to that degree

簡単 (かんたん)

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

屈す (くっす、くす)

to yield; to give in; to be daunted; to shrink; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; to feel down

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out