競馬の騎手は、レースが始まる前、はやる馬を抑えて、手綱を握りしめる。

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English Translation

Before the horse race begins, the jockeys grip the reins tightly to restrain the impatient horses.

Furigana

競馬(けいば)の騎手(きしゅ)は、レースが始(はじ)まる前(まえ)、はやる馬(うま)を抑(おさ)えて、手綱(たづな)を握(にぎ)りしめる。

Romanji

Keiba no kishu wa, re-su ga hajimaru mae, hayaru uma o osaete, tazuna o nigirishimeru.

Words

競馬 (けいば)

horse racing

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

騎手 (きしゅ)

horseman; rider

は (は)

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

レース (レース)

race; lace; lathe

が (が)

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

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

逸る (はやる)

to be in high spirits; to be impatient; to be hotblooded; to be rash; to be impetuous

馬 (うま、いま、おま、ウマ)

horse; promoted bishop

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.

押さえる (おさえる)

to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb; to seize; to grasp; to arrest; to gain control of something; to govern; to keep down (e.g. information); to suppress; to catch happening; to determine (important points); to find (proof); to understand

手綱 (たづな)

bridle; reins

握り締める (にぎりしめる)

to grasp tightly