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Zach

彼を雇うことは誰も雇わないことに等しい。

Sentence Analyzer

雇う こと 雇わない こと 等しい

English Translation

Employing him would amount to employing nobody.

Furigana

(かれ)(やと)うことは(だれ)(やと)わないことに(ひと)しい。

Romanji

Kare o yatou koto wa dare mo yatowanai koto ni hitoshii.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
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.
雇う (やとう)
to employ; to hire; to charter
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
()
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
等しい (ひとしい)
equal; similar; like; equivalent

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: コ、 やと.う
Meanings: employ, hire
Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody
Readings: トウ、 ひと.しい、 など、 -ら
Meanings: etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar