彼らは日本人労働者が不足しているから外国人を雇う。

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English Translation

They employ foreigners because Japanese workers are in short supply.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは日本人(にっぽんじん)労働者(ろうどうしゃ)が不足(ふそく)しているから外国人(がいこくじん)を雇(やと)う。

Romanji

Karera wa nipponjin rōdōsha ga fusokushiteiru kara gaikokujin o yatou.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

労働者 (ろうどうしゃ)

employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

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

外国人 (がいこくじん)

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

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.

雇う (やとう)

to employ; to hire; to charter