労働力の４０パーセントはホワイトカラー労働者であり、その大部分は、退屈でばかばかしいデッチアゲ仕事をしている。

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労働力の４０パーセントはホワイトカラー労働者であり、その大部分は、退屈でばかばかしいでっちあげ仕事をしている。

English Translation

Forty percent of the workforce are white-collar workers, most of whom have some of the most tedious and idiotic jobs ever concocted.

Furigana

労働力(ろうどうりょく)の４０パーセントはホワイトカラー労働者(ろうどうしゃ)であり、その大(だい)部分(ぶぶん)は、退屈(たいくつ)でばかばかしいデッチアゲ仕事(しごと)をしている。

Romanji

Rōdōryoku no yon zero pa-sento wa howaitokara- rōdōsha de ari, sono dai bubun wa, taikutsu de bakabakashii detchiage shigoto o shiteiru.

Words

労働力 (ろうどうりょく)

labor; labour; manpower; working force

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

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

パーセント (パーセント)

percent; percentage

は (は)

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

ホワイトカラー (ホワイトカラー)

white-collar

労働者 (ろうどうしゃ)

employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

大 (おお)

big; large

部分 (ぶぶん)

portion; section; part

退屈 (たいくつ)

tedium; boredom

馬鹿馬鹿しい (ばかばかしい、バカバカしい)

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine; foolish

でっち上げ (でっちあげ)

fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

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