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やくざがひろしに試練を課している。

Sentence Analyzer

やくざ ひろし 試練 課している

English Translation

The yakuza were tormenting Hiroshi.

Furigana

やくざがひろしに試練(しれん)()している。

Romanji

Yakuza ga hiroshi ni shiren o kashiteiru.

Words

やくざ (やくざ、ヤクザ)
professional gambler or ruffian (esp. a member of the Japanese mafia); yakuza (member); uselessness; purposelessness
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
寛い (ひろい)
broadminded
()
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
試練 (しれん)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
()
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.
課す (かす)
to levy; to charge; to assess; to impose; to assign

Kanji

Readings: シ、 こころ.みる、 ため.す
Meanings: test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal
Readings: レン、 ね.る、 ね.り
Meanings: practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
Reading: 
Meanings: chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)