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部長が不在のときはブラウン氏が業務を管理する。

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部長 不在 とき ブラウン 業務 管理する

English Translation

Mr. Brown is in charge of the business in the absence of the manager.

Furigana

部長(ぶちょう)不在(ふざい)のときはブラウン()業務(ぎょうむ)管理(かんり)する。

Romanji

Buchō ga fuzai no toki wa Buraun shi ga gyōmu o kanrisuru.

Words

部長 (ぶちょう)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
不在 (ふざい)
absence; disregard; indifference
()
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
とき (とき)
regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ブラウン (ブラウン)
brown
()
Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people
業務 (ぎょうむ)
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task; action; function; (business) operations; operational
()
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.
管理 (かんり)
control; management (e.g. of a business)

Kanji

Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: ザイ、 あ.る
Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in
Readings: シ、 うじ、 -うじ
Meanings: family name, surname, clan
Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ
Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance
Readings: ム、 つと.める
Meanings: task, duties
Readings: カン、 くだ
Meanings: pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk, control, jurisdiction
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth