おじは去年教職を退いたが、それでも何とか大学での地位にしがみつこうとした。

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English Translation

My uncle retired from teaching last year, but he still managed to hang onto a position at the university.

Furigana

おじは去年(きょねん)教職(きょうしょく)を退(しりぞ)いたが、それでも何(なん)とか大学(だいがく)での地位(ちい)にしがみつこうとした。

Romanji

Oji wa kyonen kyōshoku o shirizoita ga, soredemo nantoka daigaku de no chii ni shigamitsukou to shita.

Words

祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

は (は)

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

去年 (きょねん、こぞ)

last year

教職 (きょうしょく)

the teaching profession; (in Christianity) education of laity

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.

退く (どく、のく)

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede

が (が)

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

其れでも (それでも)

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

何とか (なんとか)

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

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.

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

地位 (ちい)

(social) position; status

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

しがみ付く (しがみつく)

to cling

と (と)

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

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