新規開店した宝石店は私の御得意様を奪った。

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English Translation

The newly-opened jewelry shop took away some of my best customers.

Furigana

新規(しんき)開店(かいてん)した宝石店(ほうせきてん)は私(わたし)の御(ご)得意(とくい)様(さま)を奪(うば)った。

Romanji

Shinki kaitenshita hōsekiten wa watashi no go tokui sama o ubatta.

Words

新規 (しんき)

new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object (orig. meaning); new customer

開店 (かいてん)

opening (of a shop)

宝石店 (ほうせきてん)

jewelry store; jewellery store

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

御 (ご)

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

得意 (とくい)

triumph; prosperity; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty; frequent customer (client, etc.)

様 (さま)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation; appearance

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.

奪う (うばう)

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal