お手伝いさんたちは主人の命令を実行しようと努めた。

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English Translation

The servants tried to carry out their master's order.

Furigana

お手伝(てつだ)いさんたちは主人(しゅじん)の命令(めいれい)を実行(じっこう)しようと努(つと)めた。

Romanji

O tetsudai santachi wa shujin no meirei o jikkōshiyou to tsutometa.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

手伝い (てつだい)

helper; assistant; help

は (は)

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

主人 (しゅじん)

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host; hostess

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

命令 (めいれい)

order; command; decree; directive; (software) instruction; statement

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.

実行 (じっこう)

practice; practising; performance; execution (e.g. program) (programme); realization; realisation; implementation

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

努める (つとめる)

to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent; to be committed (to doing something)