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社員の半分が休暇を1日取った。

Sentence Analyzer

社員 半分 休暇 取った

English Translation

Half the office took a day off.

Furigana

社員(しゃいん)半分(はんぶん)休暇(きゅうか)を1(にち)()った。

Romanji

Shain no hanbun ga kyūka o ichi nichi totta.

Words

社員 (しゃいん)
company employee; company stockholders (esp. in legal contexts); members of a corporation
()
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
半分 (はんぶん)
half
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
休暇 (きゅうか)
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from 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.
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(にち)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
取る (とる)
to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: ハン、 なか.ば
Meanings: half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: キュウ、 やす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める
Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep
Readings: カ、 ひま、 いとま
Meanings: spare time, rest, leisure, time, leave of absence
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up