上司は自分が留守の間事務所の管理を、ブラウン氏に依頼した。

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English Translation

The boss asked Mr Brown to take charge of the office while she was away.

Furigana

上司(じょうし)は自分(じぶん)が留守(るす)の間(ま)事務所(じむしょ)の管理(かんり)を、ブラウン氏(し)に依頼(いらい)した。

Romanji

Jōshi wa jibun ga rusu no ma jimusho no kanri o, Buraun shi ni iraishita.

Words

上司 (じょうし)

superior authorities; boss

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

が (が)

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

留守 (るす)

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

事務所 (じむしょ)

office

管理 (かんり)

control; management (e.g. of a business)

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.

ブラウン (ブラウン)

brown

氏 (し)

Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people

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

依頼 (いらい)

request; commission; dispatch; despatch; dependence; trust