あの人たちが休暇で留守にしている間、隣の人たちが犬の面倒をみてやった。

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English Translation

While they were away on holiday, their neighbours looked after the dog.

Furigana

あの人(ひと)たちが休暇(きゅうか)で留守(るす)にしている間(ま)、隣(となり)の人(ひと)たちが犬(いぬ)の面倒(めんどう)をみてやった。

Romanji

Ano hitotachi ga kyūka de rusu ni shiteiru ma, tonari no hitotachi ga inu no mendō o miteyatta.

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)

人達 (ひとたち)

people

が (が)

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

休暇 (きゅうか)

holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

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.

留守 (るす)

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

隣 (となり)

neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to)

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

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

面倒 (めんどう)

trouble; difficulty; care; attention

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...