失業の経験がゆっくり人生に着いて考える機会を与えてくれた。

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English Translation

Being unemployed gave me the chance to stand back and think about my life.

Furigana

失業(しつぎょう)の経験(けいけん)がゆっくり人生(じんせい)に着(つ)いて考(かんが)える機会(きかい)を与(あた)えてくれた。

Romanji

Shitsugyō no keiken ga yukkuri jinsei ni tsuite kangaeru kikai o ataetekureta.

Words

失業 (しつぎょう)

unemployment

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

経験 (けいけん)

experience

が (が)

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

ゆっくり (ゆっくり)

slowly; at ease; restful

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

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

着く (つく)

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

機会 (きかい)

chance; opportunity

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.

与える (あたえる)

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)