昇進が見送られた女には働く励みがない。

Sentence Analyzer

昇進が見送られた女には働く励みがない。

English Translation

She had no incentive to work after she was refused a promotion.

Furigana

昇進(しょうしん)が見送(みおく)られた女(おんな)には働(はたら)く励(はげ)みがない。

Romanji

Shōshin ga miokurareta onna ni wa hataraku hagemi ga nai.

Words

昇進 (しょうしん)

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

が (が)

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

見送る (みおくる)

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands; to shelve (a plan etc.); to postpone; to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone; to take care of somebody until he dies; to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)

女 (おんな、おみな、おうな、うみな、おな)

female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman

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

は (は)

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

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

励み (はげみ)

(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive

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 ...