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レイ・マーフィーは、職業学校を卒業してすぐに、地元の自動車工業で機械工として雇われた。

Sentence Analyzer

れい マーフィー 職業 学校 卒業して すぐ 地元 自動車 工業 機械工 として 雇われた

English Translation

Soon after graduating from trade school, Ray Murphy was taken on as a machinist at the local automobile plant.

Furigana

レイ・マーフィーは、職業(しょくぎょう)学校(がっこう)卒業(そつぎょう)してすぐに、地元(じもと)自動車(じどうしゃ)工業(こうぎょう)機械工(きかいこう)として(やと)われた。

Romanji

Rei Ma-Fyi- wa, shokugyō gakkō o sotsugyōshite sugu ni, jimoto no jidōsha kōgyō de kikaikō toshite yatowareta.

Words

レイ (レイ)
lei; ray; lay
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
職業 (しょくぎょう)
occupation; business
学校 (がっこう)
school
()
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.
卒業 (そつぎょう)
graduation; completion (e.g. of a course); outgrowing something; moving on
直ぐ (すぐ)
immediately; at once; directly; soon; before long; shortly; easily; without difficulty; right (near); nearby; just (handy)
()
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
地元 (じもと)
home area; home town; local
()
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
自動車 (じどうしゃ)
automobile
工業 (こうぎょう)
(manufacturing) industry
(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.
機械工 (きかいこう)
machinist; mechanic
として (として)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
雇う (やとう)
to employ; to hire; to charter

Kanji

Readings: ショク、 ソク
Meanings: post, employment, work
Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ
Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: コウ、 キョウ
Meanings: exam, school, printing, proof, correction
Readings: ソツ、 シュツ、 そっ.する、 お.える、 お.わる、 ついに、 にわか
Meanings: graduate, soldier, private, die
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: ゲン、 ガン、 もと
Meanings: beginning, former time, origin
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ
Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
Readings: コ、 やと.う
Meanings: employ, hire