テレビによって以前の映画人気が奪われた。

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テレビ によって 以前 の 映画 人気 が 奪われた 。

English Translation

Television has robbed cinema of its former popularity.

Furigana

テレビによって以前(いぜん)の映画(えいが)人気(にんき)が奪(うば)われた。

Romanji

Terebi niyotte izen no eiga ninki ga ubawareta.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

以前 (いぜん)

ago; since; before; previous

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

映画 (えいが)

movie; film

人気 (にんき)

popularity; popular feeling; business conditions

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

奪う (うばう)

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

Kanji

以

Readings: イ、 もっ.て

Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with

前

Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ

Meanings: in front, before

映

Readings: エイ、 うつ.る、 うつ.す、 は.える、 -ば.え

Meanings: reflect, reflection, projection

画

Readings: ガ、 カク、 エ、 カイ、 えが.く、 かく.する、 かぎ.る、 はかりごと、 はか.る

Meanings: brush-stroke, picture

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

奪

Readings: ダツ、 うば.う

Meanings: rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp