忙しいからその仕事ができないというのは単なる言い逃れじゃないか。

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English Translation

Saying you can't do the job because you're too busy is just a cop out.

Furigana

忙(いそが)しいからその仕事(しごと)ができないというのは単(たん)なる言(いのが)い逃()れじゃないか。

Romanji

Isogashii kara sono shigoto ga dekinai toiu no wa tannaru iinogare janai ka.

Words

忙しい (いそがしい、せわしい)

busy; hectic; occupied; engaged

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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

は (は)

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

単なる (たんなる)

mere; simple; sheer

言い逃れる (いいのがれる)

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)

then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way