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課長が我々に対して、あれこれとうるさく言うのを止めた途端に、何もかもがスムーズに行き始めた。

Sentence Analyzer

課長 我々 に対して あれこれ うるさく 言う 止めた 途端に 何もかも スムーズ 行き始めた

English Translation

As soon as our manager got off our backs, everything started to go off without a hitch.

Furigana

課長(かちょう)我々(われわれ)(たい)して、あれこれとうるさく()うのを()めた途端(とたん)に、(なに)もかもがスムーズに()(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Kachō ga wareware nitaishite, arekore to urusaku iu no o tometa totanni, nanimokamo ga sumu-zu ni ikihajimeta.

Words

課長 (かちょう)
section manager; section chief
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
我々 (われわれ)
we
に対して (にたいして)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
彼此 (あれこれ、かれこれ)
one thing or another; this and that; this or that; just on; around; about; nearly; roughly; almost; round about
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
煩い (うるさい、ウルサイ)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate; fussy; finicky; picky; particular; nagging; fastidious; bossy; shut up!; be quiet!
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
()
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
()
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.
止める (とめる)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit; to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind; to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple; to detain; to keep in custody
途端に (とたんに)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
何もかも (なにもかも)
anything and everything; just about everything
スムーズ (スムーズ、スムース)
smooth
()
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
行く (いく、ゆく)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

Kanji

Reading: 
Meanings: chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: ガ、 われ、 わ、 わ.が-、 わが-
Meanings: ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
Readings: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う
Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: シ、 と.まる、 -ど.まり、 と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、 とど.める、 とど.め、 とど.まる、 や.める、 や.む、 -や.む、 よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し
Meanings: stop, halt
Readings: ト、 みち
Meanings: route, way, road
Readings: タン、 はし、 は、 はた、 -ばた、 はな
Meanings: edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin