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招待客の中には市長とその夫人がいた。

Sentence Analyzer

招待客 中に 市長 その 夫人 いた

English Translation

Among the guests were the mayor and his wife.

Furigana

招待客(しょうたいきゃく)(なか)には市長(しちょう)とその夫人(ふじん)がいた。

Romanji

Shōtaikyaku no nakani wa shichō to sono fujin ga ita.

Words

招待客 (しょうたいきゃく)
invitee
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
市長 (しちょう)
mayor
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
夫人 (ふじん、ぶにん、はしかし)
wife; Mrs; madam; wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); consort of the emperor
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
居る (いる)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 まね.く
Meanings: beckon, invite, summon, engage
Readings: タイ、 ま.つ、 -ま.ち
Meanings: wait, depend on
Readings: キャク、 カク
Meanings: guest, visitor, customer, client
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: シ、 いち
Meanings: market, city, town
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: フ、 フウ、 ブ、 おっと、 それ
Meanings: husband, man
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person