先週、私達は舞踏会を開きました。

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先週、私達は舞踏会を開きました。

English Translation

We gave a ball last week.

Furigana

先週(せんしゅう)、私達(わたしたち)は舞踏会(ぶとうかい)を開(ひら)きました。

Romanji

Senshū, watashitachi wa butōkai o hirakimashita.

Words

先週 (せんしゅう)

last week; the week before

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

舞踏会 (ぶとうかい)

ball; dance

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.

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)