当分の間、私の姉はスーパーで店員をしている。

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English Translation

For the time being, my sister is an assistant in a supermarket.

Furigana

当分(とうぶん)の間(ま)、私(わたし)の姉(あね)はスーパーで店員(てんいん)をしている。

Romanji

Tōbun no ma, watashi no ane wa su-pa- de ten'in o shiteiru.

Words

当分 (とうぶん)

for the present; currently; presently; at this time; for the next while

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

姉 (あね)

older sister; elder sister

は (は)

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

スーパー (スーパー、スーパ)

super; supermarket; superimpose; superheterodyne; (film with) subtitles

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.

店員 (てんいん)

shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson

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.

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