牧師の主な仕事は教会で説教することです。

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English Translation

The main duty of a priest is to preach in church.

Furigana

牧師(ぼくし)の主(おも)な仕事(しごと)は教会(きょうかい)で説教(せっきょう)することです。

Romanji

Bokushi no omona shigoto wa kyōkai de sekkyōsuru koto desu.

Words

牧師 (ぼくし)

pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend

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

主 (おも)

chief; main; principal; important; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

仕事 (しごと)

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

は (は)

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

教会 (きょうかい)

church

で (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.

説教 (せっきょう)

propounding; preaching; sermonizing; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

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

です (です)

be; is