チップがグラス一つの中の１０セントであれば、ウェイトレスは次の客に備えて急いでテーブルを片付けようとしてグラスを持ち上げ、水がこぼれだし、事はおしまいということになろう。

Sentence Analyzer

チップがぐらす一つの中の１０せんとであれば、ウェイトレスは次の客に備えて急いでテーブルを片付けようとしてぐらすを持ち上げ、水がこぼれだし、事はおしまいということになろう。

English Translation

If the tip was a dime in one glass, the waitress, in her haste to get the table ready for the next customer, would pick up the glass, the water would spill out, and that would be the end of it.

Furigana

チップがグラス一(ひと)つの中(なか)の１０セントであれば、ウェイトレスは次(つぎ)の客(きゃく)に備(そな)えて急(いそ)いでテーブルを片付(かたづ)けようとしてグラスを持(も)ち上(あ)げ、水(みず)がこぼれだし、事(こと)はおしまいということになろう。

Romanji

Chippu ga gurasu hitotsu no naka no ichi zero sento de areba, wheitoresu wa tsugi no kyaku ni sonaete isoide te-buru o katazukeyou toshite gurasu o mochiage, mizu ga koboredashi, koto wa oshimai toiu koto ni narou.

Words

チップ (チップ)

gratuity; tip; chip

が (が)

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

クラス (クラス)

class

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

一 (いち)

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

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

セイント (セイント、セント、サント)

saint

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

ウェイトレス (ウェイトレス、ウエイトレス、ウェートレス、ウエートレス)

waitress

は (は)

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

次 (つぎ)

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

客 (きゃく、かく)

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

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

備える (そなえる)

to furnish; to provide for; to equip; to install; to have ready; to prepare for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be armed with; to be born with; to have since birth

急ぐ (いそぐ)

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

テーブル (テーブル)

table

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.

片付ける (かたづける)

to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end; to marry off (e.g. a daughter); to do away with someone; to bump someone off

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...

持ち上げる (もちあげる)

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

零れる (こぼれる)

to spill; to fall out of; to overflow; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

お仕舞い (おしまい)

the end; closing; being done for; That's it; That's enough; That's all

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...