瓢箪から駒って言うのかな、知人の紹介で就職決まっちゃったんだよ。

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English Translation

I just got a great job because of an introduction from a friend. Sometimes things happen when you least expect it.

Furigana

瓢箪(ひょうたん)から駒(こま)って言(い)うのかな、知人(ちじん)の紹介(しょうかい)で就職(しゅうしょく)決(き)まっちゃったんだよ。

Romanji

Hyōtan kara koma tte iu no ka na, chijin no shōkai de shūshoku kimatchatta n da yo.

Words

瓢箪 (ひょうたん、ヒョウタン)

gourd; calabash (Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda)

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

駒 (こま)

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); horse; foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

って (って、て)

casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

知人 (ちじん)

friend; acquaintance

紹介 (しょうかい)

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

で (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.

就職 (しゅうしょく)

finding employment; getting a job

決まる (きまる)

to be decided; to be settled; to look good in (clothes)

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

だ (だ)

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

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!