彼は会社の顧問弁護士としての生涯を始めた。

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彼 は 会社 の 顧問 弁護士 として の 生涯 を 始めた 。

English Translation

He set out on his career as a corporation lawyer.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は会社(かいしゃ)の顧問(こもん)弁護士(べんごし)としての生涯(しょうがい)を始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Kare wa kaisha no komon bengoshi toshite no shōgai o hajimeta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

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

顧問 (こもん)

adviser; advisor; consultant

弁護士 (べんごし)

lawyer; attorney

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

生涯 (しょうがい)

one's lifetime (i.e. one's existence until death); one's career

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.

始める (はじめる)

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); to start ...; to begin to ...

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

会

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる

Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

社

Readings: シャ、 やしろ

Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine

顧

Readings: コ、 かえり.みる

Meanings: look back, review, examine oneself, turn around

問

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん

Meanings: question, ask, problem

弁

Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う

Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

護

Readings: ゴ、 まも.る

Meanings: safeguard, protect

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

生

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

涯

Readings: ガイ、 はて

Meanings: horizon, shore, limit, bound

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin