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アシスタントが1ドルずつ返したから、それぞれの人たちは実際には9ドルしか払っていなかったことになります。

Sentence Analyzer

アシスタント どる ずつ 返した から それぞれ 人たち 実際 どる しか 払っていなかった こと なります

English Translation

After the assistant returned $1 to each one, each man had actually paid only $9.

Furigana

アシスタントが1ドルずつ(かえ)したから、それぞれの(ひと)たちは実際(じっさい)には9ドルしか(はら)っていなかったことになります。

Romanji

Ashisutanto ga ichi doru zutsu kaeshita kara, sorezore no hitotachi wa jissai ni wa kyū doru shika haratteinakatta koto ni narimasu.

Words

アシスタント (アシスタント、アスィスタント)
assistant
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
ドール (ドール、ドル)
doll; dhole (Cuon alpinus); Indian wild dog
ずつ (ずつ、づつ)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
返す (かえす)
to return (something); to restore; to put back; to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn; to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate; to repeat ...; to do ... back
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
夫れ夫れ (それぞれ)
each; respectively
()
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
人達 (ひとたち)
people
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
実際 (じっさい)
practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
()
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
(きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)
nine
しか (しか)
only; nothing but
払う (はらう)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

Readings: ヘン、 かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
Meanings: return, answer, fade, repay
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Readings: サイ、 きわ、 -ぎわ
Meanings: occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
Readings: フツ、 ヒツ、 ホツ、 はら.う、 -はら.い、 -ばら.い
Meanings: pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of