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ボブは土曜日には食料品店で店員として働いた。

Sentence Analyzer

ぼぶ 土曜日 食料品店 店員 として 働いた

English Translation

Bob worked as a clerk in the grocery store on Saturday.

Furigana

ボブは土曜日(どようび)には食料品店(しょくりょうひんてん)店員(てんいん)として(はたら)いた。

Romanji

Bobu wa doyōbi ni wa shokuryōhinten de ten'in toshite hataraita.

Words

ボブ (ボブ)
bob
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
土曜日 (どようび)
Saturday
()
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
食料品店 (しょくりょうひんてん)
grocer; grocery store
(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.
店員 (てんいん)
shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson
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...
働く (はたらく)
to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

Kanji

Readings: ド、 ト、 つち
Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Reading: ヨウ
Meaning: weekday
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く
Meanings: work, (kokuji)