同世代の人は、仕事とか、買い物で留守ばかりです。

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English Translation

My contemporaries are, working, shopping, out and about, all the time.

Furigana

同(どう)世代(せだい)の人(ひと)は、仕事(しごと)とか、買(か)い物(もの)で留守(るす)ばかりです。

Romanji

Dō sedai no hito wa, shigoto toka, kaimono de rusu bakari desu.

Words

同 (どう)

the same; the said; ibid.

世代 (せだい)

generation; the world; the age

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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

とか (とか)

among other things; such things as; or something like that

買い物 (かいもの)

shopping; purchased goods

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.

留守 (るす)

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

です (です)

be; is