フレデイはこの一ヶ月というものずっと夜勤だったため、正常な時間に働いている友人達に会う機会がまるでなかった。

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English Translation

Freddy's been working the graveyard shift the past month, so he hasn't been able to see any of his friends who work normal hours.

Furigana

フレデイはこの一(いち)ヶ月(かげつ)というものずっと夜勤(やきん)だったため、正常(せいじょう)な時間(じかん)に働(はたら)いている友人達(ゆうじんたち)に会(あ)う機会(きかい)がまるでなかった。

Romanji

Furedei wa kono ichi kagetsu toiu mono zutto yakin datta tame, seijōna jikan ni hataraiteiru yūjintachi ni au kikai ga marude nakatta.

Words

は (は)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

カ月 (かげつ)

(number of) months

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

夜勤 (やきん)

night shift

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

正常 (せいじょう)

normalcy; normality; normal

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

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

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

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

機会 (きかい)

chance; opportunity

が (が)

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

丸で (まるで)

quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like

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 ...