契約書に署名してしまったので、私はあと５年間、そこで働かざるをえなかった。

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English Translation

By signing the contract, I committed myself to working there for another five years.

Furigana

契約書(けいやくしょ)に署名(しょめい)してしまったので、私(わたし)はあと５年間(ねんかん)、そこで働(はたら)かざるをえなかった。

Romanji

Keiyakusho ni shomeishiteshimatta node, watashi wa ato go nenkan, sokode hatarakazaru o enakatta.

Words

契約書 (けいやくしょ)

(written) contract; agreement

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

署名 (しょめい)

signature

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

後 (あと)

behind; rear; after; later; after one's death; remainder; the rest; descendant; successor; heir; past; previous; more (e.g. five more minutes); left

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

其処で (そこで)

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

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.

選る (よる、える、すぐる)

to choose; to select