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多くの小さな会社が倒産した。

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多く 小さな 会社 倒産した

English Translation

Many small companies went bankrupt.

Furigana

(おお)くの(ちい)さな会社(かいしゃ)倒産(とうさん)した。

Romanji

Ōku no chiisana kaisha ga tōsanshita.

Words

多く (おおく)
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
()
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
小さな (ちいさな)
small; little; tiny
会社 (かいしゃ)
company; corporation; workplace
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
倒産 (とうさん)
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

Kanji

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: トウ、 たお.れる、 -だお.れ、 たお.す、 さかさま、 さかさ、 さかしま
Meanings: overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down
Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す
Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property