工場の閉鎖が決まった。

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工場 の 閉鎖 が 決まった 。

English Translation

They decided to shut down the factory.

Furigana

工場(こうじょう)の閉鎖(へいさ)が決(き)まった。

Romanji

Kōjō no heisa ga kimatta.

Words

工場 (こうじょう、こうば)

factory; plant; mill; workshop

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

閉鎖 (へいさ)

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout; unsociable

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

決まる (きまる)

to be decided; to be settled; to look good in (clothes)

Kanji

工

Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ

Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

場

Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば

Meanings: location, place

閉

Readings: ヘイ、 と.じる、 と.ざす、 し.める、 し.まる、 た.てる

Meanings: closed, shut

鎖

Readings: サ、 くさり、 とざ.す

Meanings: chain, irons, connection

決

Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く

Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint