新代議士はいすにふんぞり返ってたばこをすっていた。

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新 代議士 は いす に ふんぞり返って たばこ を すっていた 。

English Translation

The new Diet member was smoking, leaning back proudly in a chair.

Furigana

新(しん)代議士(だいぎし)はいすにふんぞり返(かえ)ってたばこをすっていた。

Romanji

Shin daigishi wa isu ni funzorikaette tabako o sutteita.

Words

新 (しん)

new; neo-; Gregorian calendar; Xin (dynasty of China)

代議士 (だいぎし)

parliamentarian; member of a congress

は (は)

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

椅子 (いす)

chair; stool; post; office; position

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

踏ん反り返る (ふんぞりかえる)

to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant

煙草 (たばこ、えんそう、けぶりぐさ、けむりぐさ、タバコ)

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

新

Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-

Meaning: new

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

議

Reading: ギ

Meanings: deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

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

返

Readings: ヘン、 かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る

Meanings: return, answer, fade, repay