テレビを見ている間は仕事が出来ないので困る。

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English Translation

The trouble is you cannot work while watching TV.

Furigana

テレビを見(み)ている間(ま)は仕事(しごと)が出来(でき)ないので困(こま)る。

Romanji

Terebi o miteiru ma wa shigoto ga dekinai node komaru.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

は (は)

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

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

困る (こまる)

to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped