僕の父は早く退職するよう退職金を差し出されて受け取ったんだ。

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English Translation

When my father was offered a golden handshake, he took it.

Furigana

僕(ぼく)の父(ちち)は早(はや)く退職(たいしょく)するよう退職金(たいしょくきん)を差(さだ)し出()されて受(う)け取(と)ったんだ。

Romanji

Boku no chichi wa hayaku taishokusuru yō taishokukin o sashidasarete uketotta n da.

Words

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

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

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

退職 (たいしょく)

retirement (from office); resignation

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

退職金 (たいしょくきん)

severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment

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.

差し出す (さしだす)

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

受け取る (うけとる)

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative