昨年会社が生産調整をしたとき、ジョージは一時解雇された。

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English Translation

George was laid off when his company cut back production last year.

Furigana

昨年(さくねん)会社(かいしゃ)が生産(せいさん)調整(ちょうせい)をしたとき、ジョージは一時(いちじ)解雇(かいこ)された。

Romanji

Sakunen kaisha ga seisan chōsei o shita toki, Jo-Ji wa ichiji kaikosareta.

Words

昨年 (さくねん)

last year

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

が (が)

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

生産 (せいさん)

production; manufacture

調整 (ちょうせい)

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing; tailoring

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.

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 (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

は (は)

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

一時 (いちじ)

one o'clock; once; at one time; formerly; before; for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily; a time; one time; once

解雇 (かいこ)

discharge; dismissal