あなたは働き始めてまだ１５分ぐらいしか経っていないよ。

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English Translation

You've only been on the job for about 15 minutes.

Furigana

あなたは働(はたら)き始(はじ)めてまだ１５分(ふん)ぐらいしか経(た)っていないよ。

Romanji

Anata wa hatarakihajimete mada ichi go fun gurai shika tatteinai yo.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

は (は)

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

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

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with

一 (いち)

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

経つ (たつ)

to pass; to lapse

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

Kanji

働

Readings: ドウ、リュク、リキ、ロク、リョク、はたら.く

Meanings: work, (kokuji)

始

Readings: シ、はじ.める、 -はじ.める、はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin

分

Readings: ブン、フン、ブ、わ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる、わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

経

Readings: ケイ、キョウ、へ.る、た.つ、たていと、はか.る、のり

Meanings: sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp