販売係の職員は全部一週間昼夜ぶっ通しで働いた。

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販売係 の 職員 は 全部 一 週間 昼夜 ぶっ 通し で 働いた 。

English Translation

The entire sales staff has worked around the clock for a week.

Furigana

販売係(はんばいがかり)の職員(しょくいん)は全部(ぜんぶ)一(いち)週間(しゅうかん)昼夜(ちゅうや)ぶっ通(とお)しで働(はたら)いた。

Romanji

Hanbaigakari no shokuin wa zenbu ichi shūkan chūya bu tōshi de hataraita.

Words

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

職員 (しょくいん)

staff member; personnel

は (は)

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

全部 (ぜんぶ)

all; entire; whole; altogether

一 (いち)

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

週間 (しゅうかん)

week; weekly

昼夜 (ちゅうや)

day and night

打っ (ぶっ)

strongly (used to emphasize the following verb); violently; quickly; suddenly

通し (とおし)

direct; right through; straight; appetizer; appetiser; performance of an entire play

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.

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

Kanji

販

Reading: ハン

Meanings: marketing, sell, trade

売

Readings: バイ、 う.る、 う.れる

Meaning: sell

係

Readings: ケイ、 かか.る、 かかり、 -がかり、 かか.わる

Meanings: person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself

職

Readings: ショク、 ソク

Meanings: post, employment, work

員

Reading: イン

Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge

全

Readings: ゼン、 まった.く、 すべ.て

Meanings: whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

週

Reading: シュウ

Meaning: week

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

昼

Readings: チュウ、 ひる

Meanings: daytime, noon

夜

Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる

Meanings: night, evening

通

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

働

Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く

Meanings: work, (kokuji)