お手伝いさんはすぐに食卓から食器をかたづけた。

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English Translation

The maid immediately cleaned the dishes from the table.

Furigana

お手伝(てつだ)いさんはすぐに食卓(しょくたく)から食器(しょっき)をかたづけた。

Romanji

O tetsudai san wa sugu ni shokutaku kara shokki o katazuketa.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

手伝い (てつだい)

helper; assistant; help

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

は (は)

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

直ぐ (すぐ)

immediately; at once; directly; soon; before long; shortly; easily; without difficulty; right (near); nearby; just (handy)

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

食卓 (しょくたく)

dining table

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

食器 (しょっき)

tableware

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.

片付ける (かたづける)

to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end; to marry off (e.g. a daughter); to do away with someone; to bump someone off

Kanji

手

Readings: シュ、ズ、て、て-、 -て、た-

Meaning: hand

伝

Readings: デン、テン、つた.わる、つた.える、つた.う、つだ.う、 -づた.い、つて

Meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition

食

Readings: ショク、ジキ、く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む

Meanings: eat, food

卓

Reading: タク

Meanings: eminent, table, desk, high

器

Readings: キ、うつわ

Meanings: utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set