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Zach

その仕事がきらいなわけでなく、時間がないのだ。

Sentence Analyzer

その 仕事 きらいな わけ でなく 時間 ない

English Translation

Not that I dislike the work, but that I have no time.

Furigana

その仕事(しごと)がきらいなわけでなく、時間(じかん)がないのだ。

Romanji

Sono shigoto ga kiraina wake denaku, jikan ga nai no da.

Words

其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
仕事 (しごと)
work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
嫌い (きらい)
dislike; hate; suspicion; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
(わけ)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
時間 (じかん)
time; hours
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
()
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

Kanji

Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space