土砂降りが長く続くと、洗濯屋さんは、仕事がはかどらず苦労する。
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English Translation
When it continues raining cats and dogs for a long while, laundrymen have a hard time doing their work.
Furigana
Romanji
Doshaburi ga nagaku tsuzuku to, sentakuya san wa, shigoto ga hakadorazu kurōsuru.
Words
土砂降り
(どしゃぶり)
downpour; pouring rain; cloudburst; pelting rain; heavy rain
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
長い
(ながい)
long (distance); long (time); lengthy
続く
(つづく)
to continue; to last; to go on; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin; to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to; to hold out; to keep; to last
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
洗濯屋
(せんたくや)
laundry; laundromat; launderette
さん
(さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
仕事
(しごと)
work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work
捗る
(はかどる)
to make progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
苦労
(くろう)
troubles; hardships
Kanji
Readings: ド、 ト、 つち
Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Readings: サ、 シャ、 すな
Meaning: sand
Readings: コウ、 ゴ、 お.りる、 お.ろす、 ふ.る、 ふ.り、 くだ.る、 くだ.す
Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: ゾク、 ショク、 コウ、 キョウ、 つづ.く、 つづ.ける、 つぐ.ない
Meanings: continue, series, sequel
Readings: セン、 あら.う
Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe
Readings: タク、 すす.ぐ、 ゆす.ぐ
Meanings: laundry, wash, pour on, rinse
Readings: オク、 や
Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Readings: ロウ、 ろう.する、 いたわ.る、 いた.ずき、 ねぎら、 つか.れる、 ねぎら.う
Meanings: labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble