普通の看護婦は、年に３週間の休みを取る権利がある。

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English Translation

The average nurse is entitled to three weeks' holiday a year.

Furigana

普通(ふつう)の看護婦(かんごふ)は、年(とし)に３週間(しゅうかん)の休(やす)みを取(と)る権利(けんり)がある。

Romanji

Futsū no kangofu wa, toshi ni san shūkan no yasumi o toru kenri ga aru.

Words

普通 (ふつう)

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

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

看護婦 (かんごふ)

(female) nurse

は (は)

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

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

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

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

週間 (しゅうかん)

week; weekly

休み (やすみ)

rest; recess; respite; vacation; holiday; absence; suspension; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

を (を)

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.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

権利 (けんり)

right; privilege

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about