酷使されている不法外国人労働者は制度の隙間にこぼれ落ちてしまうことが多いのです。

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English Translation

Mistreated illegal foreign workers often fall between the cracks of the social system.

Furigana

酷使(こくし)されている不法(ふほう)外国人(がいこくじん)労働者(ろうどうしゃ)は制度(せいど)の隙間(すきま)にこぼれ落(お)ちてしまうことが多(おお)いのです。

Romanji

Kokushisareteiru fuhō gaikokujin rōdōsha wa seido no sukima ni koboreochiteshimau koto ga ōi no desu.

Words

酷使 (こくし)

exploitation; overuse; abuse

不法 (ふほう)

lawlessness; injustice; illegality; unlawfulness

外国人 (がいこくじん)

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

労働者 (ろうどうしゃ)

employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker

は (は)

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

制度 (せいど)

system; institution; organization; organisation

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

隙間 (すきま)

crevice; crack; gap; opening; spare moment; interval; break; pause; spare time; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness; carelessness

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

零れ落ちる (こぼれおちる)

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

です (です)

be; is