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妻が寝た後、書斎で仕事をした。

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寝た 書斎 仕事 した

English Translation

I worked in my study after my wife had gone to bed.

Furigana

(つま)()(のち)書斎(しょさい)仕事(しごと)をした。

Romanji

Tsuma ga neta nochi, shosai de shigoto o shita.

Words

(つま)
wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
寝る (ねる)
to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle
(のち)
later; afterwards; since; future; after one's death; descendant
書斎 (しょさい)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
(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.
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

Kanji

Readings: サイ、 つま
Meanings: wife, spouse
Readings: シン、 ね.る、 ね.かす、 い.ぬ、 みたまや、 や.める
Meanings: lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold
Readings: ゴ、 コウ、 のち、 うし.ろ、 うしろ、 あと、 おく.れる
Meanings: behind, back, later
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write
Readings: サイ、 とき、 つつし.む、 ものいみ、 い.む、 いわ.う、 いつ.く
Meanings: purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike
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