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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推薦 おかげ 東京 大学 教鞭 とる こと 出来た

English Translation

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

Furigana

(かれ)推薦(すいせん)のおかげで、(わたし)東京(とうきょう)大学(だいがく)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

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
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、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.
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
()
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
(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
()
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

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: スイ、 お.す
Meanings: conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support, push (for)
Readings: セン、 すす.める
Meanings: recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: トウ、 ひがし
Meaning: east
Readings: キョウ、 ケイ、 キン、 みやこ
Meanings: capital, 10**16
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine
Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 むち、 むちうつ
Meanings: whip, rod, counter for whippings
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
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