食料雑貨店の主人は自分の誠実さをお客に何とか説得した。

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English Translation

The grocer managed to convince his customers of his honesty.

Furigana

食料(しょくりょう)雑貨店(ざっかてん)の主人(しゅじん)は自分(じぶん)の誠実(せいじつ)さをお客(きゃく)に何(なん)とか説得(せっとく)した。

Romanji

Shokuryō zakkaten no shujin wa jibun no seijitsusa o okyaku ni nantoka settokushita.

Words

食料 (しょくりょう)

food

雑貨店 (ざっかてん)

general (variety) store (shop)

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

主人 (しゅじん)

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host; hostess

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

誠実 (せいじつ)

sincere; honest; faithful

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.

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

何とか (なんとか)

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

説得 (せっとく)

persuasion