主人は私のやり方に眉をひそめたようだった。

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English Translation

The boss seemed to frown on my method.

Furigana

主人(しゅじん)は私(わたし)のやり方(かた)に眉(まゆ)をひそめたようだった。

Romanji

Shujin wa watashi no yarikata ni mayu o hisometa yō datta.

Words

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

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

やり方 (やりかた)

manner of doing; way; method; means

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

眉 (まゆ、まみえ)

eyebrow; eyebrows

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.

顰める (ひそめる)

to knit (one's eyebrows)

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative