「お見事、よくやった」と小川選手を褒め称える報道が多かった。

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English Translation

There were many journalists who praised Ogawa with, "bravo, good show!"

Furigana

「お見事(みごと)、よくやった」と小川(おがわ)選手(せんしゅ)を褒(ほ)め称(たた)える報道(ほうどう)が多(おお)かった。

Romanji

" o migoto, yoku yatta" to Ogawa senshu o home tataeru hōdō ga ōkatta.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

見事 (みごと)

splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable; praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed; utter (esp. defeat); total; complete

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

遣る (やる)

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...

と (と)

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

小川 (おがわ)

streamlet; brook

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.

褒める (ほめる)

to praise; to admire; to speak well

称える (たたえる)

to extol; to give praise

報道 (ほうどう)

information; report; journalism; news; to report

が (が)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous