議長が批判の矢面に立った。

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議長が批判の矢面に立った。

English Translation

The brunt of criticism was borne by the chairmen.

Furigana

議長(ぎちょう)が批判(ひはん)の矢面(やおもて)に立(た)った。

Romanji

Gichō ga hihan no yaomote ni tatta.

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)

が (が)

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

批判 (ひはん)

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

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

矢面 (やおもて)

bearing the full brunt of something

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

立つ (たつ)

to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)