その野球チームの監督はたいそう厳しくて、選手を思い通りに動かすのが上手だ。

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English Translation

The manager of the baseball team is very strict. He is good at keeping the players in hand.

Furigana

その野球(やきゅう)チームの監督(かんとく)はたいそう厳(きび)しくて、選手(せんしゅ)を思(おも)い通(どお)りに動(うご)かすのが上手(じょうず)だ。

Romanji

Sono yakyū chi-mu no kantoku wa taisō kibishikute, senshu o omoidōri ni ugokasu no ga jōzu da.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

野球 (やきゅう)

baseball

チーム (チーム、ティーム)

team

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

監督 (かんとく)

supervision; control; superintendence; direction; director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss

は (は)

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

大層 (たいそう)

very much; exaggerated; very fine

厳しい (きびしい、いかめしい)

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic; intense (cold); harsh

選手 (せんしゅ)

player (in game); team member

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.

思い通り (おもいどおり)

as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit

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

動かす (うごかす)

to move; to shift; to stir; to budge; to change position; to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence; to change; to alter; to deny; to operate; to set in motion; to get going; to mobilize (e.g. troops); to mobilise; to deploy; to manage (e.g. funds)

が (が)

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

上手 (じょうず、じょうて、じょうしゅ)

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

だ (だ)

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