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彼らの中には武器を作る才能のある者がいた。

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彼ら 中に 武器 作る 才能 ある いた

English Translation

Some of them had a gift for making weapons.

Furigana

(かれ)らの(なか)には武器(ぶき)(つく)才能(さいのう)のある(もの)がいた。

Romanji

Karera no nakani wa buki o tsukuru sainō no aru mono ga ita.

Words

彼ら (かれら)
they (usually male); them
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
武器 (ぶき)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
()
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.
作る (つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
才能 (さいのう)
talent; ability
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
(もの、もん)
person
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
居る (いる)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: ブ、 ム、 たけ.し
Meanings: warrior, military, chivalry, arms
Readings: キ、 うつわ
Meanings: utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Reading: サイ
Meanings: genius, years old, cubic shaku
Readings: ノウ、 よ.く
Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person