昨日ジョーンズ氏のために歓迎会が開かれた。

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English Translation

A welcome party was held in honor of Mr Jones.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)ジョーンズ氏(し)のために歓迎会(かんげいかい)が開(ひら)かれた。

Romanji

Kinō Jo-Nzu shi no tameni kangeikai ga hirakareta.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

氏 (し)

Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people

の (の)

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

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

歓迎会 (かんげいかい)

welcome 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)