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もし工場が来年完成するのなら、新しい製造部長を雇わなければならない。

Sentence Analyzer

もし 工場 来年 完成する なら 新しい 製造 部長 雇わなければならない

English Translation

If the plant is completed next year, a new production manager will have to be hired.

Furigana

もし工場(こうじょう)来年(らいねん)完成(かんせい)するのなら、(あたら)しい製造(せいぞう)部長(ぶちょう)(やと)わなければならない。

Romanji

Moshi kōjō ga rainen kanseisuru no nara, atarashii seizō buchō o yatowanakerebanaranai.

Words

若し (もし)
if; in case; supposing
工場 (こうじょう、こうば)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
来年 (らいねん)
next year
完成 (かんせい)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
()
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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
新しい (あたらしい)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
製造 (せいぞう)
manufacture; production
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 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.
雇う (やとう)
to employ; to hire; to charter

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ
Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Reading: カン
Meanings: perfect, completion, end
Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 な.る、 な.す、 -な.す
Meanings: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Reading: セイ
Meanings: made in..., manufacture
Readings: ゾウ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: create, make, structure, physique
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: コ、 やと.う
Meanings: employ, hire