ただでさえ奴は普段から仕事に遅れて来るくせに、酒まで飲んで来るなんて堪忍袋の緒が切れた。もう会社を辞めてもらうしかない。

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English Translation

It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.

Furigana

ただでさえ奴(やつ)は普段(ふだん)から仕事(しごと)に遅(おく)れて来(く)るくせに、酒(さけ)まで飲(の)んで来(く)るなんて堪忍袋(かんにんぶくろ)の緒(いとぐち)が切(き)れた。もう会社(かいしゃ)を辞(や)めてもらうしかない。

Romanji

Tada de sae yatsu wa fudan kara shigoto ni okuretekuru kuse ni, sake made nondekuru nante kanninbukuro no itoguchi ga kireta. mō kaisha o yametemorau shika nai.

Words

只 (ただ、タダ)

ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless

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.

さえ (さえ)

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

奴 (やつ、しゃつ)

fellow; guy; chap; thing; object; (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her

は (は)

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

普段 (ふだん)

usual; habitual; ordinary; everyday; always

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

仕事 (しごと)

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

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

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

救世 (きゅうせい、ぐぜ、くせ)

salvation

酒 (さけ、ささ、き、くし、しゅ)

alcohol; sake

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

堪忍袋 (かんにんぶくろ)

one's store of patience

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

糸口 (いとぐち)

thread end; beginning; clue

が (が)

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

切れる (きれる)

to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst; to collapse; to wear off; to stop working; to go dead; to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due; to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of; to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected; to cut well; to be sharp; to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able; to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time); to dry off; to curve; to veer; to shuffle (cards); to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip; to be able to do completely

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

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.

辞める (やめる)

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix