議長は委員会の始まりを告げた。
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English Translation
The chairman called the committee to order.
Furigana
Romanji
Gichō wa iinkai no hajimari o tsugeta.
Words
議長
(ぎちょう)
chairman; speaker (e.g. of assembly); president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.); moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
委員会
(いいんかい)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
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
始まり
(はじまり)
origin; beginning
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.
告げる
(つげる)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
Kanji
Reading: ギ
Meanings: deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: イ、 ゆだ.ねる
Meanings: committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin
Readings: コク、 つ.げる
Meanings: revelation, tell, inform, announce