農民はしばしば収入を補うために副業をします。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

Farmers often moonlight to supplement their incomes.

Furigana

農民(のうみん)はしばしば収入(しゅうにゅう)を補(おぎな)うために副業(ふくぎょう)をします。

Romanji

Nōmin wa shibashiba shūnyū o oginau tameni fukugyō o shimasu.

Words

農民 (のうみん)

farmers; peasants

は (は)

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

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

収入 (しゅうにゅう)

income; receipts; revenue

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.

補う (おぎなう)

to compensate for; to supplement

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

副業 (ふくぎょう)

side job; sideline; subsidiary business

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to