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あの連中は軽率で、仕事がのろかったから、くびになった。

Sentence Analyzer

あの 連中 軽率 仕事 のろかった から びになった

English Translation

They got the sack for being careless and tardy.

Furigana

あの連中(れんちゅう)軽率(けいそつ)で、仕事(しごと)がのろかったから、くびになった。

Romanji

Ano renchū wa keisotsu de, shigoto ga norokatta kara, ku Bininatta.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
連中 (れんちゅう、れんじゅう、れんぢゅう)
colleagues; company; a lot; those guys; group (of people); troupe; company (of musicians)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
軽率 (けいそつ)
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
仕事 (しごと)
work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
鈍い (にぶい、のろい)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; stupid; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light); slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
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
悔い (くい)
regret; repentance

Kanji

Readings: レン、 つら.なる、 つら.ねる、 つ.れる、 -づ.れ
Meanings: take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: ケイ、 かる.い、 かろ.やか、 かろ.んじる
Meanings: lightly, trifling, unimportant
Readings: ソツ、 リツ、 シュツ、 ひき.いる
Meanings: ratio, rate, proportion, %, coefficient, factor
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly