私は父の仕事を継いだ。

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私は父の仕事を継いだ。

English Translation

I took over my father's job.

Furigana

私(わたし)は父(ちち)の仕事(しごと)を継(つ)いだ。

Romanji

Watashi wa chichi no shigoto o tsuida.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

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

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

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.

継ぐ (つぐ)

to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)