母は勤めの帰りに買い物をします。
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English Translation
My mother does her usual shopping on her way home from work.
Furigana
Romanji
Haha wa tsutome no kaeri ni kaimono o shimasu.
Words
母
(はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)
mother
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
勤め
(つとめ)
service; duty; business; responsibility; task; Buddhist religious services
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
帰り
(かえり)
return; coming back
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
買い物
(かいもの)
shopping; purchased goods
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.
為る
(する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
Kanji
Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: キン、 ゴン、 つと.める、 -づと.め、 つと.まる、 いそ.しむ
Meanings: diligence, become employed, serve
Readings: キ、 かえ.る、 かえ.す、 おく.る、 とつ.ぐ
Meanings: homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in
Readings: バイ、 か.う
Meaning: buy
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter