父は本当は私たちの結婚に賛成ではないのです。というのは、ジョンはまだ職がないからです。

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English Translation

My father is not really in favor of our marriage, because John still has no job.

Furigana

父(ちち)は本当(ほんとう)は私(わたし)たちの結婚(けっこん)に賛成(さんせい)ではないのです。というのは、ジョンはまだ職(しょく)がないからです。

Romanji

Chichi wa hontōha watashitachi no kekkon ni sansei de wa nai no desu. toiu no wa, Jon wa mada shoku ga nai kara desu.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

賛成 (さんせい)

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

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.

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

です (です)

be; is

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with

職 (しょく、そく)

job; work; employment; occupation; position; duties; trade; skill

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

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