夏休みの間、郵便局で働いていた。
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English Translation
I worked in a post office during the summer vacation.
Furigana
Romanji
Natsuyasumi no ma, yūbinkyoku de hataraiteita.
Words
夏休み
(なつやすみ)
summer vacation; summer holiday
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
間
(ま)
space; room; time; pause
郵便局
(ゆうびんきょく)
post office
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.
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
Kanji
Readings: カ、 ガ、 ゲ、 なつ
Meaning: summer
Readings: キュウ、 やす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める
Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Reading: ユウ
Meanings: mail, stagecoach stop
Readings: ベン、 ビン、 たよ.り
Meanings: convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance
Readings: キョク、 つぼね
Meanings: bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く
Meanings: work, (kokuji)