この春休みには、海外費用の足しにするため、レストランでアルバイトをした。

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English Translation

During my last spring vacation I took a job in a restaurant to help pay the costs of my trip abroad.

Furigana

この春休(はるやす)みには、海外(かいがい)費用(ひよう)の足(た)しにするため、レストランでアルバイトをした。

Romanji

Kono haruyasumi ni wa, kaigai hiyō no tashi ni suru tame, resutoran de arubaito o shita.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

春休み (はるやすみ)

spring break; spring vacation

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

は (は)

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

海外 (かいがい)

foreign; abroad; overseas

費用 (ひよう)

cost; expense

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

足す (たす)

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

レストラン (レストラン、レストラント)

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

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.

アルバイト (アルバイト)

part-time job; side job; albite

を (を)

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.