彼女は仕事のことを尋ねられると、「私の仕事は複雑なので一言では要約できません」と言った。

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English Translation

Asked about her job, she said, "My job is too complicated to sum up in a word."

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は仕事(しごと)のことを尋(たず)ねられると、「私(わたし)の仕事(しごと)は複雑(ふくざつ)なので一言(いちげん)では要約(ようやく)できません」と言(い)った。

Romanji

Kanojo wa shigoto no koto o tazunerareru to," watashi no shigoto wa fukuzatsuna node ichigen de wa yōyaku dekimasen" to itta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

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

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

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.

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

複雑 (ふくざつ)

complex; complicated; mixed (feelings)

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

一言 (ひとこと、いちげん、いちごん)

single word; a few words; brief comment

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.

要約 (ようやく)

summary; digest

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise