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仕事をする時仲間が多いと、コンセンサスをとるのが意外と大変だ。

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仕事 する 仲間 多い コンセンサス とる 意外と 大変

English Translation

When you're at work, if you have a lot of workmates, it's surprisingly difficult to build a consensus.

Furigana

仕事(しごと)をする(とき)仲間(なかま)(おお)いと、コンセンサスをとるのが意外(いがい)大変(たいへん)だ。

Romanji

Shigoto o suru toki nakama ga ōi to, konsensasu o toru no ga igaito taihen da.

Words

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
(とき)
time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense
仲間 (なかま)
company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner; member of the same category
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
多い (おおい)
many; numerous
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
コンセンサス (コンセンサス)
consensus
とる (とる)
is being
()
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
大変 (たいへん)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

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
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: チュウ、 なか
Meanings: go-between, relationship
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange