秘書は上役の言ったことを書き留めた。

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秘書は上役の言ったことを書き留めた。

English Translation

The secretary noted down what her boss had said.

Furigana

秘書(ひしょ)は上役(うわやく)の言(い)ったことを書(か)き留(と)めた。

Romanji

Hisho wa uwayaku no itta koto o kakitometa.

Words

秘書 (ひしょ)

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

は (は)

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

上役 (うわやく)

superior; senior

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

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

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

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.

書き留める (かきとめる、かきとどめる)

to write down; to leave a note behind; to record; to chronicle