会社の行く末は彼の肩に掛かっていた。

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会社の行く末は彼の肩に掛かっていた。

English Translation

He bore the future of the company on his shoulders.

Furigana

会社(かいしゃ)の行(ゆ)く末(すえ)は彼(かれ)の肩(かた)に掛(か)かっていた。

Romanji

Kaisha no yukusue wa kare no kata ni kakatteita.

Words

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

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

行末 (ぎょうまつ、ゆくすえ)

fate; one's future; end of (text) line; line terminator

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

肩 (かた)

shoulder

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

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on