記者はその情報源を明かすことを拒んだ。

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記者はその情報源を明かすことを拒んだ。

English Translation

The reporter refused to name his sources.

Furigana

記者(きしゃ)はその情報源(じょうほうげん)を明(あ)かすことを拒(こば)んだ。

Romanji

Kisha wa sono jōhōgen o akasu koto o kobanda.

Words

記者 (きしゃ)

reporter

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

情報源 (じょうほうげん)

source of information; intelligence source; message source

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.

明かす (あかす)

to pass (e.g. the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

拒む (こばむ)

to refuse; to reject; to decline