清水の舞台から飛び降りたつもりで脱サラした。

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清水の舞台から飛び降りたつもりで脱さらした。

English Translation

Quitting my office job was a leap in the dark.

Furigana

清水(しみず)の舞台(ぶたい)から飛(と)び降(お)りたつもりで脱(だつ)サラした。

Romanji

Shimizu no butai kara tobiorita tsumori de datsusara shita.

Words

清水 (しみず、せいすい、きよみず)

spring water; clear (pure) water

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

舞台 (ぶたい)

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

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

飛び下りる (とびおりる)

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

積もり (つもり)

intention; plan; conviction; belief

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.

脱サラ (だつサラ)

setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to