しかし、仕事が必要でした。

しかし、仕事が必要でした。

But he needed a job.

しかし、仕事(しごと)が必要(ひつよう)でした。

Shikashi, shigoto ga hitsuyō deshita.

然し (しかし)

however; but

仕事 (しごと)

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

が (が)

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

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

デス (デス)

death

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: ヒツ、かなら.ず

Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable

Readings: ヨウ、い.る、かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to