しばらくプータローしていて、迷ってたんです。勢いで辞表出しちゃったけど、本当は我慢して続けるべきだったのかな、って。

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English Translation

Having idled jobless for a while I wavered. I'd rushed into handing in my notice but maybe I should have endured it and kept going...

Furigana

しばらくプータローしていて、迷(まよ)ってたんです。勢(いきお)いで辞(じ)表出(ひょうしゅつ)しちゃったけど、本当(ほんとう)は我慢(がまん)して続(つづ)けるべきだったのかな、って。

Romanji

Shibaraku pu-taro- shiteite, mayotteta n desu. ikioi de ji hyōshutsushichatta kedo, hontōha gamanshitetsuzukeru beki datta no ka na, tte.

Words

暫く (しばらく、しゅゆ、すゆ)

little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; it's been a long time

プー太郎 (ぷうたろう、プーたろう、ふうたろう、ぷーたろう、プータロー)

unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant; day labourer, esp. on the docks

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

迷う (まよう)

to lose one's way; to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself; to turn in one's grave

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

です (です)

be; is

勢い (いきおい)

force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life; influence; authority; power; might; impetus; momentum; course (of events); naturally; necessarily

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.

辞 (じ)

address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; words; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word

表出 (ひょうしゅつ)

expression; presentation

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

我慢 (がまん)

patience; endurance; perseverance; tolerance; self-control; self-denial

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

って (って、て)

casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.