彼女は会社の床掃除よりましな仕事を望んだ。

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English Translation

She wanted a better job than cleaning office floors.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は会社(かいしゃ)の床(ゆか)掃除(そうじ)よりましな仕事(しごと)を望(のぞ)んだ。

Romanji

Kanojo wa kaisha no yuka sōji yori mashina shigoto o nozonda.

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

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

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

床 (とこ)

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat; floor

掃除 (そうじ)

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

まじ (まじ、マジ、まぢ)

serious (not capricious or flirtatious); cannot; should not; will not; must not

仕事 (しごと)

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

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.

望む (のぞむ)

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)