会議の席で常務は、開口一番何を言ったと思う。大規模なリストラ計画を発表したんだよな。

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English Translation

Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring.

Furigana

会議(かいぎ)の席(せき)で常務(じょうむ)は、開口一番(かいこういちばん)何(なに)を言(い)ったと思(おも)う。大(だい)規模(きぼ)なリストラ計画(けいかく)を発表(はっぴょう)したんだよな。

Romanji

Kaigi no seki de jōmu wa, kaikōichiban nani o itta to omou. dai kibo na risutora keikaku o happyōshita n da yo na.

Words

会議 (かいぎ)

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress

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

席 (せき)

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

で (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.

常務 (じょうむ)

managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business

は (は)

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

開口一番 (かいこういちばん)

at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

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.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

大 (おお)

big; large

規模 (きぼ)

scale; scope; plan; structure

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

リストラ (リストラ)

(corporate) restructuring; downsizing

計画 (けいかく)

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

発表 (はっぴょう)

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition