今日ではお手伝いさんを雇う余裕のある人は少ない。

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English Translation

Nowadays few people can afford to employ a maid.

Furigana

今日(きょう)ではお手伝(てつだ)いさんを雇(やと)う余裕(よゆう)のある人(ひと)は少(すく)ない。

Romanji

Kyō de wa otetsudai san o yatou yoyū no aru hito wa sukunai.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

で (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.

は (は)

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

お手伝い (おてつだい)

maid; help

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

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.

雇う (やとう)

to employ; to hire; to charter

余裕 (よゆう)

surplus; composure; margin; room; time; allowance; flexibility; scope; rope

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

少ない (すくない)

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom