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記念式典は閉会の辞で幕を閉じた。

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記念 式典 閉会 閉じた

English Translation

The commemorative ceremony ended with the closing address.

Furigana

記念(きねん)式典(しきてん)閉会(へいかい)()(まく)()じた。

Romanji

Kinen shikiten wa heikai no ji de maku o tojita.

Words

記念 (きねん)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
式典 (しきてん)
ceremony; rites
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
閉会 (へいかい)
closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
()
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
()
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; words; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
(まく)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
()
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.
閉じる (とじる)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

Kanji

Readings: キ、 しる.す
Meanings: scribe, account, narrative
Reading: ネン
Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Reading: シキ
Meanings: style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
Readings: テン、 デン
Meanings: code, ceremony, law, rule
Readings: ヘイ、 と.じる、 と.ざす、 し.める、 し.まる、 た.てる
Meanings: closed, shut
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: ジ、 や.める、 いな.む
Meanings: resign, word, term, expression
Readings: マク、 バク、 とばり
Meanings: curtain, bunting, act of play