数字を足したり引いたりという面倒臭い仕事も一旦始めてしまえば、それはそれで面白さがあるものだよ。

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English Translation

Once you go ahead and start, even the tiresome work of adding and subtracting figures is interesting in its way.

Furigana

数字(すうじ)を足(た)したり引(ひ)いたりという面倒臭(めんどうくさ)い仕事(しごと)も一旦(いったん)始(はじ)めてしまえば、それはそれで面白(おもしろ)さがあるものだよ。

Romanji

Sūji o tashi tari hii tari toiu mendōkusai shigoto mo ittan hajimeteshimaeba, sore wa sorede omoshirosa ga aru mono da yo.

Words

数字 (すうじ)

numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

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.

足す (たす)

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

引く (ひく)

to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

面倒くさい (めんどくさい、めんどうくさい)

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

仕事 (しごと)

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

一旦 (いったん)

once; for a moment; temporarily; one morning

始める (はじめる)

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); to start ...; to begin to ...

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

は (は)

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

其れで (それで)

and; thereupon; because of that

面白い (おもしろい)

interesting; amusing

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

者 (もの、もん)

person