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社長が私たちに朝から晩まで働くよう命じた。

Sentence Analyzer

社長 私たち から まで 働く よう 命じた

English Translation

The boss ordered us to work from morning till night.

Furigana

社長(しゃちょう)(わたし)たちに(あさ)から(ばん)まで(はたら)くよう(めい)じた。

Romanji

Shachō ga watashitachi ni asa kara ban made hataraku yō meijita.

Words

社長 (しゃちょう)
company president; manager; director
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
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
(あさ、あした)
morning
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
(ばん)
evening; counter for nights
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
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
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
命じる (めいじる)
to order; to command; to appoint

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: チョウ、 あさ
Meanings: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
Reading: バン
Meanings: nightfall, night
Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く
Meanings: work, (kokuji)
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint