クリスは家のペンキ塗りとして雇われ、お金を貯める事が出来ました。

Sentence Analyzer

くりすは家のぺんき塗りとして雇われ、お金を貯める事が出来ました。

English Translation

Chris was hired to paint houses and was able to raise the money.

Furigana

クリスは家(いえ)のペンキ塗(ぬ)りとして雇(やと)われ、お金(かね)を貯(た)める事(こと)が出来(でき)ました。

Romanji

Kurisu wa ie no penkinuri toshite yatoware, okane o tameru koto ga dekimashita.

Words

グリース (グリース、グリス)

grease

は (は)

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

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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

ペンキ塗り (ペンキぬり)

painting (houses, fences, etc.)

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

雇う (やとう)

to employ; to hire; to charter

お金 (おかね)

money

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.

貯める (ためる)

to save (i.e. in a bank)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

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