あの青年は大金を得るため一生懸命働くのをいとわなかった。

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English Translation

The young man was extremely money hungry.

Furigana

あの青年(せいねん)は大金(たいきん)を得(え)るため一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)働(はたら)くのをいとわなかった。

Romanji

Ano seinen wa taikin o eru tame isshōkenmei hataraku no o itowanakatta.

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)

青年 (せいねん)

youth; young man

は (は)

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

大金 (たいきん、おおがね)

large amount of money; great cost

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.

得る (うる)

to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい)

very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

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

異動 (いどう)

change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle