彼は三ヶ月間仕事を続け、そのストレスがようやくこたえてきた。

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English Translation

He'd been three months in the job and the strain was beginning to tell on him.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は三(さん)ヶ月間(かげつかん)仕事(しごと)を続(つづ)け、そのストレスがようやくこたえてきた。

Romanji

Kare wa san kagetsukan shigoto o tsuzuke, sono sutoresu ga yōyaku kotaetekita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

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.

続ける (つづける)

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

ストレス (ストレス)

stress

が (が)

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

漸く (ようやく)

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; hardly; only just; gradually; little by little; by degrees

応える (こたえる)

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain