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新入社員は初めての失敗をうまくいいぬけた。

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新入 社員 初めて 失敗 うまく いい ぬけた

English Translation

The new employee glossed over his first mistake.

Furigana

新入(しんにゅう)社員(しゃいん)(はじ)めての失敗(しっぱい)をうまくいいぬけた。

Romanji

Shinnyū shain wa hajimete no shippai o umaku ii nuketa.

Words

新入 (しんにゅう)
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered
社員 (しゃいん)
company employee; company stockholders (esp. in legal contexts); members of a corporation
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
初めて (はじめて)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...
()
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
失敗 (しっぱい)
failure; mistake; blunder
()
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.
上手い (うまい)
skillful; skilful; clever; expert; wise; successful; delicious; appetizing; appetising; tasty; fortunate; splendid; promising
いい (いい)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK
抜ける (ぬける)
to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky); to be stupid; to be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive; to exit (a program loop)

Kanji

Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: ショ、 はじ.め、 はじ.めて、 はつ、 はつ-、 うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め
Meanings: first time, beginning
Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる
Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる
Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal