長年の間赤字でその建物を経営したので売らねばならなかった。

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English Translation

We had to sell the building because for years we operated it in the red.

Furigana

長年(ながねん)の間(ま)赤字(あかじ)でその建物(たてもの)を経営(けいえい)したので売(う)らねばならなかった。

Romanji

Naganen no ma akaji de sono tatemono o keieishita node uranebanaranakatta.

Words

長年 (ながねん、えいねん)

long time; many years

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

赤字 (あかじ)

deficit; (being in or going into) the red; red text; red letters; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

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.

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...

建物 (たてもの)

building

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.

経営 (けいえい)

management; administration

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

売る (うる)

to sell