私が前にいた会社では、ある冬の暗い夜に全社員の給与が強奪されました。

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English Translation

I have worked for one company where the payroll was snatched on a dark winter's night.

Furigana

私(わたし)が前(まえ)にいた会社(かいしゃ)では、ある冬(ふゆ)の暗(くら)い夜(よる)に全(ぜん)社員(しゃいん)の給与(きゅうよ)が強奪(ごうだつ)されました。

Romanji

Watashi ga mae ni ita kaisha de wa, aru fuyu no kurai yoru ni zen shain no kyūyo ga gōdatsusaremashita.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

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.

は (は)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

冬 (ふゆ)

winter

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

暗い (くらい)

dark; gloomy; dark (in colour); dull; depressed; dispirited; sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); unclear; unfamiliar; unknown

夜 (よる、よ)

evening; night

全 (ぜん)

all; whole; entire; complete; overall; pan-; omni-; toti-

社員 (しゃいん)

company employee; company stockholders (esp. in legal contexts); members of a corporation

給与 (きゅうよ)

pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

強奪 (ごうだつ)

pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion