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Zach

私はニューヨークで1年間、スペンサー氏と仕事をした。

Sentence Analyzer

ニューヨーク 年間 スペンサー 仕事 した

English Translation

I worked with Mr Spencer for a year in New York.

Furigana

(わたし)はニューヨークで1年間(ねんかん)、スペンサー()仕事(しごと)をした。

Romanji

Watashi wa Nyu-Yo-Ku de ichi nenkan, Supensa- shi to shigoto o shita.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
紐育 (ニューヨーク)
New York (US state, city)
(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.
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
年間 (ねんかん)
year (period of)
()
Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: シ、 うじ、 -うじ
Meanings: family name, surname, clan
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