議員に就職口の世話を頼んでみたが鼻であしらわれた。

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English Translation

I asked my local member for a job, but he brushed me off.

Furigana

議員(ぎいん)に就職口(しゅうしょくぐち)の世話(せわ)を頼(たの)んでみたが鼻(はな)であしらわれた。

Romanji

Giin ni shūshokuguchi no sewa o tanondemita ga hana de ashirawareta.

Words

議員 (ぎいん)

member of the Diet, congress or parliament

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

就職口 (しゅうしょくぐち)

position; opening; employment

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

世話 (せわ)

looking after; help; aid; assistance

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.

頼む (たのむ)

to request; to beg; to ask; to call; to order; to reserve; to entrust to; to rely on

が (が)

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

鼻 (はな)

nose

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.

あしらう (あしらう)

to arrange; to treat; to handle; to deal with