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そして、だからこそ、ほぼ百年にわたって、従業員はだれでも雇用者のところに行って、現金による賃金支給を要求できるようになったのです。

Sentence Analyzer

そして だからこそ ほぼ にわたって 従業員 だれ でも 雇用者 ところに 行って 現金 による 賃金 支給 要求 できる よう なった です

English Translation

And that's why for almost a hundred years, any employee has been able to go to his employer and insist on being paid in cash.

Furigana

そして、だからこそ、ほぼ(ひゃく)(ねん)にわたって、従業員(じゅうぎょういん)はだれでも雇用者(こようしゃ)のところに()って、現金(げんきん)による賃金(ちんぎん)支給(しきゅう)要求(ようきゅう)できるようになったのです。

Romanji

Soshite, dakarakoso, hobo hyaku nen niwatatte, jūgyōin wa dare demo koyōsha no tokoroni itte, genkin niyoru chingin shikyū o yōkyū dekiru yō ni natta no desu.

Words

然して (そして、しかして)
and; and then; thus; and now
だからこそ (だからこそ)
for this reason
(ほぼ)
almost; roughly; approximately
(ひゃく、もも、はく)
100; hundred
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
に渡って (にわたって)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
従業員 (じゅうぎょういん)
employee; worker
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
でも (でも)
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do
雇用者 (こようしゃ)
employee; employer; person hiring others
()
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
行く (いく、ゆく)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
現金 (げんきん)
cash; ready money; money on hand; currency; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
に依る (による)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
賃金 (ちんぎん、ちんきん)
wages; cash payment of rent
支給 (しきゅう)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
()
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.
要求 (ようきゅう)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
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
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
()
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
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 ...
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ヒャク、 ビャク、 もも
Meaning: hundred
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ジュウ、 ショウ、 ジュ、 したが.う、 したが.える、 より
Meanings: accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate
Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ
Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: コ、 やと.う
Meanings: employ, hire
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ
Meanings: present, existing, actual
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold
Reading: チン
Meanings: fare, fee, hire, rent, wages, charge
Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う
Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)
Readings: キュウ、 たま.う、 たも.う、 -たま.え
Meanings: salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: キュウ、 グ、 もと.める
Meanings: request, want, wish for, require, demand