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会議で使った書類の片づけを頼まれた。

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会議 使った 書類 片づけ 頼まれた

English Translation

I was asked to put away all the papers we used at the meeting.

Furigana

会議(かいぎ)使(つか)った書類(しょるい)(かた)づけを(たの)まれた。

Romanji

Kaigi de tsukatta shorui no katazuke o tanomareta.

Words

会議 (かいぎ)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress
(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.
使う (つかう)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak
書類 (しょるい)
documents; official papers
()
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
片付ける (かたづける)
to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end; to marry off (e.g. a daughter); to do away with someone; to bump someone off
()
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.
頼む (たのむ)
to request; to beg; to ask; to call; to order; to reserve; to entrust to; to rely on

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Reading: 
Meanings: deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
使
Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write
Readings: ルイ、 たぐ.い
Meanings: sort, kind, variety, class, genus
Readings: ヘン、 かた-、 かた
Meanings: one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)
Readings: ライ、 たの.む、 たの.もしい、 たよ.る
Meanings: trust, request