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社会で働くことには辛いことも多いが、仕事を達成したときの喜びも多く、家庭での仕事にはそういう達成感があまりない。

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社会 働く こと 辛い こと 多い 仕事 達成した とき 喜び 多く 家庭 仕事 そういう 達成感 あまり ない

English Translation

Working in a society gives women both hardship and achievement, but the daily chores at home don't seem to give them fulfillment.

Furigana

社会(しゃかい)(はたら)くことには(つら)いことも(おお)いが、仕事(しごと)達成(たっせい)したときの(よろこ)びも(おお)く、家庭(かてい)での仕事(しごと)にはそういう達成感(たっせいかん)があまりない。

Romanji

Shakai de hataraku koto ni wa tsurai koto mo ōi ga, shigoto o tasseishita toki no yorokobi mo ōku, katei de no shigoto ni wa sōiu tasseikan ga amari nai.

Words

社会 (しゃかい)
society; public; community; the world; social studies
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
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
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
辛い (からい)
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); strict; painful; bitter; difficult; tough
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
多い (おおい)
many; numerous
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
仕事 (しごと)
work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work
()
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.
達成 (たっせい)
achievement
とき (とき)
regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen
()
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
喜び (よろこび)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations
家庭 (かてい)
home; family; household
そう言う (そういう、そうゆう)
such; like that; that sort of; very
達成感 (たっせいかん)
sense of accomplishment
余り (あまり、あんまり)
remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant; not very (with negative sentence); not much; surplus; excess; fullness; too much; more than; over
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く
Meanings: work, (kokuji)
Readings: シン、 から.い、 つら.い、 -づら.い、 かのと
Meanings: spicy, bitter, hot, acrid
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: タツ、 ダ、 -たち
Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain
Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 な.る、 な.す、 -な.す
Meanings: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
Readings: キ、 よろこ.ぶ、 よろこ.ばす
Meanings: rejoice, take pleasure in
Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち
Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Readings: テイ、 にわ
Meanings: courtyard, garden, yard
Reading: カン
Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation