ある日、ローザ・パークスという黒人女性が、一日のつらい仕事を終えて帰宅しているところだった。

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English Translation

One day, a black woman, Rosa Parks, was returning home after a hard day's work.

Furigana

ある日(ひ)、ローザ・パークスという黒人(こくじん)女性(じょせい)が、一(いち)日(にち)のつらい仕事(しごと)を終(お)えて帰宅(きたく)しているところだった。

Romanji

Aru hi, Ro-Zapa-Kusu toiu kokujin josei ga, ichi nichi no tsurai shigoto o oete kitakushiteiru tokoro datta.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

黒人 (こくじん)

black person; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

女性 (じょせい、にょしょう)

woman; female; feminine gender

が (が)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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

辛い (つらい)

painful; bitter; heart-breaking

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

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.

終える (おえる)

to finish; to graduate

帰宅 (きたく)

returning home

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative