彼がどうして突然勤めを辞めてしまったのかさっぱり分からない。

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English Translation

I have no idea why he quit his job suddenly.

Furigana

彼(かれ)がどうして突然(とつぜん)勤(つと)めを辞(や)めてしまったのかさっぱり分(わ)からない。

Romanji

Kare ga dōshite totsuzen tsutome o yameteshimatta no ka sappari wakaranai.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

突然 (とつぜん)

abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once

勤め (つとめ)

service; duty; business; responsibility; task; Buddhist religious services

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.

辞める (やめる)

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

さっぱり (さっぱり)

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; trimmed; plain; simple; completely; entirely; not in the least (in sentence with negative verb); not at all; completely ignorant; not doing at all

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out