店の連中がいつもあたふたしているのを知っていたからチップをグラスの下に置いたのだ。

Sentence Analyzer

店の連中がいつもあたふたしているのを知っていたからチップをぐらすの下に置いたのだ。

English Translation

I put the tip under two glasses because I knew they were always in a hurry.

Furigana

店(みせ)の連中(れんちゅう)がいつもあたふたしているのを知(し)っていたからチップをグラスの下(した)に置(お)いたのだ。

Romanji

Mise no renchū ga itsumo atafutashiteiru no o shitteita kara chippu o gurasu no shita ni oita no da.

Words

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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

連中 (れんちゅう、れんじゅう、れんぢゅう)

colleagues; company; a lot; those guys; group (of people); troupe; company (of musicians)

が (が)

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

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

あたふた (あたふた)

in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

チップ (チップ)

gratuity; tip; chip

クラス (クラス)

class

下 (した)

below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after; inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); trade-in; preliminary; preparatory

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative