最初、新しい仕事をどうしてよいか彼はわからなかった。

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English Translation

At first he was all at sea in his new job.

Furigana

最初(さいしょ)、新(あたら)しい仕事(しごと)をどうしてよいか彼(かれ)はわからなかった。

Romanji

Saisho, atarashii shigoto o dōshite yoi ka kare wa wakaranakatta.

Words

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

仕事 (しごと)

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

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.

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out