彼のお母さんは１５年間前から薬局を経営している。

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English Translation

His mother has been running a drugstore for fifteen years.

Furigana

彼(かれ)のお母(かあ)さんは１５年間(ねんかん)前(まえ)から薬局(やっきょく)を経営(けいえい)している。

Romanji

Kare no okāsan wa ichi go nenkan mae kara yakkyoku o keieishiteiru.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

お母さん (おかあさん)

mother

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

薬局 (やっきょく)

pharmacy; chemist (shop); drugstore

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.

経営 (けいえい)

management; administration