課長の奥さん、今旅行中なんだって。それで、鬼のいぬ間の洗濯とばかり、毎日飲み歩いているんだ。

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English Translation

I heard the manager's wife is on vacation. And, well, when the cat's away, the mice play. Now he's out partying every night.

Furigana

課長(かちょう)の奥(おく)さん、今(こん)旅行中(りょこうちゅう)なんだって。それで、鬼(おに)のいぬ間(かん)の洗濯(せんたく)とばかり、毎日(まいにち)飲(の)み歩(ある)いているんだ。

Romanji

Kachō no okusan, kon ryokōchū na n da tte. sorede, oni no inukan no sentaku to bakari, mainichi nomi aruiteiru n da.

Words

課長 (かちょう)

section manager; section chief

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

奥さん (おくさん)

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

今 (こん)

the current ...; this; today's ...

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

って (って、て)

casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.

其れで (それで)

and; thereupon; because of that

鬼 (おに、き)

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (i.e. in a game of tag); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very; extremely; super-

洗濯 (せんたく)

washing; laundry

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

毎日 (まいにち)

every day

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

歩く (あるく)

to walk