一難去ってまた一難、またまた難題が社長からトップダウンで降りてきたよ。

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English Translation

No sooner had we finished working on one tough problem than the president sent us yet another straight from the top.

Furigana

一難(いちなん)去(さ)ってまた一難(いちなん)、またまた難題(なんだい)が社長(しゃちょう)からトップダウンで降(お)りてきたよ。

Romanji

Ichinan satte mata ichinan, matamata nandai ga shachō kara toppudaun de oritekita yo.

Words

一難 (いちなん)

one difficulty; one danger

去る (さる)

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off; to divorce; ... completely; last ... (e.g. "last April")

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

又々 (またまた)

again (and again); once again; You're kidding!

難題 (なんだい)

difficult problem; challenge

が (が)

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

社長 (しゃちょう)

company president; manager; director

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

トップダウン (トップダウン、トップ・ダウン)

top down

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!