労働者側の要求は超過勤務手当のことが中心となった。

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English Translation

The workers' demands centered around overtime pay.

Furigana

労働者側(ろうどうしゃがわ)の要求(ようきゅう)は超過(ちょうか)勤務(きんむ)手当(てあて)のことが中心(ちゅうしん)となった。

Romanji

Rōdōshagawa no yōkyū wa chōka kinmu teate no koto ga chūshin to natta.

Words

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

要求 (ようきゅう)

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

は (は)

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

超過 (ちょうか)

excess; being more than

勤務 (きんむ)

service; duty; work

手当 (てあて)

salary; pay; compensation; allowance (e.g. housing allowance); benefit; bonus; medical care; treatment; advance preparation

事 (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

が (が)

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

中心 (ちゅうしん)

center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance; -centered; -centred; -focussed; -oriented; centered on; focussed on

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...