弁護士は依頼人の無罪を主張した。

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弁護士 は 依頼人 の 無罪 を 主張した 。

English Translation

The lawyer insisted on the client's innocence.

Furigana

弁護士(べんごし)は依頼人(いらいじん)の無罪(むざい)を主張(しゅちょう)した。

Romanji

Bengoshi wa iraijin no muzai o shuchōshita.

Words

弁護士 (べんごし)

lawyer; attorney

は (は)

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

依頼人 (いらいにん)

client

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

無罪 (むざい)

innocence

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.

主張 (しゅちょう)

claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet

Kanji

弁

Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う

Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

護

Readings: ゴ、 まも.る

Meanings: safeguard, protect

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

依

Readings: イ、 エ、 よ.る

Meanings: reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to

頼

Readings: ライ、 たの.む、 たの.もしい、 たよ.る

Meanings: trust, request

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

無

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い

Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

罪

Readings: ザイ、 つみ

Meanings: guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense

主

Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ

Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

張

Readings: チョウ、 は.る、 -は.り、 -ば.り

Meanings: lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)