彼は、清掃の仕事に従事する人たちが平和的に賃金と労働条件の改善を要求するストライキをするのを支援するためにそこに行っていた。

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English Translation

He had gone there to help garbage workers strike peacefully for better pay and working conditions.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は、清掃(せいそう)の仕事(しごと)に従事(じゅうじ)する人(ひと)たちが平和的(へいわてき)に賃金(ちんぎん)と労働(ろうどう)条件(じょうけん)の改善(かいぜん)を要求(ようきゅう)するストライキをするのを支援(しえん)するためにそこに行(い)っていた。

Romanji

Kare wa, seisō no shigoto ni jūjisuru hitotachi ga heiwateki ni chingin to rōdō jōken no kaizen o yōkyūsuru sutoraiki o suru no o shiensuru tameni soko ni itteita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

清掃 (せいそう)

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

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

仕事 (しごと)

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

に (に)

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

従事 (じゅうじ)

engaging; pursuing; following (e.g. profession or occupation)

人達 (ひとたち)

people

が (が)

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

平和的 (へいわてき)

peaceful

賃金 (ちんぎん、ちんきん)

wages; cash payment of rent

と (と)

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

労働 (ろうどう)

manual labor; manual labour; toil; work; Labour Party

条件 (じょうけん)

condition; conditions; term; terms; requirement; requirements

改善 (かいぜん)

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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.

要求 (ようきゅう)

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

ストライキ (ストライキ)

strike (i.e. industrial action)

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

支援 (しえん)

support; backing; aid; assistance

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

其処 (そこ)

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); you

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination