退職する重役に敬意を表して送別会が開かれた。

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English Translation

A farewell party was held for the executive who was retiring.

Furigana

退職(たいしょく)する重役(じゅうやく)に敬意(けいい)を表(あらわ)して送別会(そうべつかい)が開(ひら)かれた。

Romanji

Taishokusuru jūyaku ni keii o arawashite sōbetsukai ga hirakareta.

Words

退職 (たいしょく)

retirement (from office); resignation

重役 (じゅうやく、おもやく)

company director; top management; high executive; (person with) heavy responsibilities

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

敬意 (けいい)

respect; honour; honor

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.

現す (あらわす)

to reveal; to show; to display; to express; to represent; to signify; to stand for; to make widely known

送別会 (そうべつかい)

farewell party

が (が)

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

開く (ひらく)

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)