仕事がないために職員の半数が解雇された。

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English Translation

Because of a shortage of work, half the staff was discharged.

Furigana

仕事(しごと)がないために職員(しょくいん)の半数(はんすう)が解雇(かいこ)された。

Romanji

Shigoto ga nai tameni shokuin no hansū ga kaikosareta.

Words

仕事 (しごと)

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

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

職員 (しょくいん)

staff member; personnel

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

半数 (はんすう)

half the number; haploid

解雇 (かいこ)

discharge; dismissal