洗濯機のおかげで主婦はずいぶん手間が省ける。

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English Translation

Washing machines spare housewives a lot of trouble.

Furigana

洗濯機(せんたくき)のおかげで主婦(しゅふ)はずいぶん手間(てま)が省(はぶ)ける。

Romanji

Sentakuki no okage de shufu wa zuibun tema ga habukeru.

Words

洗濯機 (せんたくき、せんたっき)

washing machine (laundry)

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

お蔭 (おかげ)

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing; assistance; help; aid; effects; influence

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.

主婦 (しゅふ)

housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

は (は)

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

随分 (ずいぶん)

very; extremely; surprisingly; considerably; contemptible; reprehensible

手間 (てま)

time; labour; labor

が (が)

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