人の物を預かっておいて、「無くしました、すみません」で済まそうという郵便局側の神経が理解できない。

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English Translation

I don't understand how in the world they can take your stuff for safekeeping, but then the post office guy has the nerve to tell you "Sorry, we lost it" and expect that to be the end of it.

Furigana

人(ひと)の物(もの)を預(あず)かっておいて、「無(な)くしました、すみません」で済(す)まそうという郵便局側(ゆうびんきょくがわ)の神経(しんけい)が理解(りかい)できない。

Romanji

Hito no mono o azukatteoite," nakushimashita, sumimasen" de sumasou toiu yūbinkyokugawa no shinkei ga rikai dekinai.

Words

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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

物 (もの、もん)

thing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly

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.

預かる (あずかる)

to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody; to take charge of; to be entrusted with; to receive on deposit; to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided

無くす (なくす)

to lose something; to get rid of; to lose someone (wife, child, etc.)

済みません (すみません)

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

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.

済ます (すます)

to finish; to get it over with; to conclude; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

神経 (しんけい)

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

が (が)

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

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant