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そんないい加減なことはわしの職人気質が許さない。

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そんな いい加減な こと わし 職人 気質 許さない

English Translation

My artisan pride cannot tolerate such sloppiness.

Furigana

そんないい加減(かげん)なことはわしの職人(しょくにん)気質(きしつ)(ゆる)さない。

Romanji

Sonna iikagenna koto wa washi no shokunin kishitsu ga yurusanai.

Words

そんな (そんな)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
いい加減 (いいかげん)
irresponsible; perfunctory; careless; lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague; reasonable; moderate (usu. in suggestions or orders); considerably; quite; rather; pretty
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(わし)
I; me (used by elderly males)
()
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
職人 (しょくにん)
worker; mechanic; artisan; craftsman
気質 (きしつ、かたぎ)
spirit; character; trait; temperament; turn of mind; disposition
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
許す (ゆるす)
to permit; to allow; to approve; to tolerate; to exempt (from fine); to excuse (from); to pardon; to forgive; to release; to let off; to confide in; to give up; to yield

Kanji

Readings: カ、 くわ.える、 くわ.わる
Meanings: add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada
Readings: ゲン、 へ.る、 へ.らす
Meanings: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
Readings: ショク、 ソク
Meanings: post, employment, work
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: シツ、 シチ、 チ、 たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ
Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament
Readings: キョ、 ゆる.す、 もと
Meanings: permit, approve