４年間は彼は最初の値段で芝を刈ってくれたが、その年の終わりに彼はしょっちゅう手伝いを連れていることに気がついた。

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English Translation

For four years, he cut the grass at the original price, but I noticed that toward the end of that year, he had a helper with him quite often.

Furigana

４年間(ねんかん)は彼(かれ)は最初(さいしょ)の値段(ねだん)で芝(しば)を刈(か)ってくれたが、その年(とし)の終(お)わりに彼(かれ)はしょっちゅう手伝(てつだ)いを連(つ)れていることに気(き)がついた。

Romanji

Yon nenkan wa kare wa saisho no nedan de shiba o kattekureta ga, sono toshi no owari ni kare wa shotchū tetsudai o tsureteiru koto ni kigatsuita.

Words

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

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

値段 (ねだん)

price; cost

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.

芝 (しば)

lawn; sod; turf

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.

刈る (かる)

to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close

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

しょっちゅう (しょっちゅう)

always; constantly; frequently; often

手伝い (てつだい)

helper; assistant; help

連れる (つれる)

to lead; to take (a person)

事 (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

気がつく (きがつく)

to notice; to become aware; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself