上役に残業するように言われたら、そうするしか仕方がない。

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English Translation

If the boss says you've got to work overtime, then there's no choice but to do so.

Furigana

上役(うわやく)に残業(ざんぎょう)するように言(い)われたら、そうするしか仕方(しかた)がない。

Romanji

Uwayaku ni zangyōsuru yōni iwaretara, sō suru shika shikata ga nai.

Words

上役 (うわやく)

superior; senior

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

残業 (ざんぎょう)

overtime (work)

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

仕方 (しかた)

way; method; means; resource; course

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...