私はその仕事の適任者に選ばれたことを大変喜んでいる。

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English Translation

I'm very glad that I've been singled out as being a suitable person for the job.

Furigana

私(わたし)はその仕事(しごと)の適任者(てきにんしゃ)に選(えら)ばれたことを大変(たいへん)喜(よろこ)んでいる。

Romanji

Watashi wa sono shigoto no tekininsha ni erabareta koto o taihen yorokondeiru.

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

仕事 (しごと)

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

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

適任者 (てきにんしゃ)

suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person

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

選ぶ (えらぶ)

to choose; to select

事 (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

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.

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

喜ぶ (よろこぶ)

to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; to congratulate; to gratefully accept