ジョーンズ夫人は電話口でよく夫の秘書につっけんどんになる。

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English Translation

Mrs. Jones is often unpleasant to her husband's secretary over the phone.

Furigana

ジョーンズ夫人(ふじん)は電話口(でんわぐち)でよく夫(おっと)の秘書(ひしょ)につっけんどんになる。

Romanji

Jo-Nzu fujin wa denwaguchi de yoku otto no hisho ni tsukkendon ni naru.

Words

夫人 (ふじん、ぶにん、はしかし)

wife; Mrs; madam; wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); consort of the emperor

は (は)

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

電話口 (でんわぐち)

telephone receiver or mouthpiece

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.

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

夫 (おっと)

husband

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

秘書 (ひしょ)

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

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

突慳貪 (つっけんどん)

blunt; curt; brusque

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 ...