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会議のたびにノートをとることは、秘書の公務の一つです。

Sentence Analyzer

会議 たびに のーと とる こと 秘書 公務 一つ です

English Translation

Taking notes at each meeting is one of the official duties.

Furigana

会議(かいぎ)のたびにノートをとることは、秘書(ひしょ)公務(こうむ)(ひと)つです。

Romanji

Kaigi no tabini no-to o toru koto wa, hisho no kōmu no hitotsu desu.

Words

会議 (かいぎ)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress
()
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
度に (たびに、たんびに)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
ノート (ノート)
notebook; copy-book; exercise book; note; notebook PC
()
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.
とる (とる)
is being
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
秘書 (ひしょ)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
公務 (こうむ)
official business; public business
一つ (ひとつ)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Reading: 
Meanings: deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
Readings: ヒ、 ひ.める、 ひそ.か、 かく.す
Meanings: secret, conceal
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write
Readings: コウ、 ク、 おおやけ
Meanings: public, prince, official, governmental
Readings: ム、 つと.める
Meanings: task, duties
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)