彼の推薦のおかげで、私は東京の大学で教鞭をとることが出来た。

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彼 の 推薦 の おかげ で 、 私 は 東京 の 大学 で 教鞭 を とる こと が 出来た 。

English Translation

Thanks to his recommendation, I was able to get a teaching job at a college in Tokyo.

Furigana

彼(かれ)の推薦(すいせん)のおかげで、私(わたし)は東京(とうきょう)の大学(だいがく)で教鞭(きょうべん)をとることが出来(でき)た。

Romanji

Kare no suisen no okage de, watashi wa Tōkyō no daigaku de kyōben o toru koto ga dekita.

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

推薦 (すいせん)

recommendation; referral; endorsement

お蔭 (おかげ)

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing; assistance; help; aid; effects; influence

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.

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

東京 (とうきょう)

Tokyo

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

教鞭 (きょうべん)

teacher's cane; teacher's pointer

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.

とる (とる)

is being

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

推

Readings: スイ、 お.す

Meanings: conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support, push (for)

薦

Readings: セン、 すす.める

Meanings: recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

東

Readings: トウ、 ひがし

Meaning: east

京

Readings: キョウ、 ケイ、 キン、 みやこ

Meanings: capital, 10**16

大

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

学

Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ

Meanings: study, learning, science

教

Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる

Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine

鞭

Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 むち、 むちうつ

Meanings: whip, rod, counter for whippings

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become