むかしのような激しい日雇い労働はできやしない。

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English Translation

I can't do the hard day's work I used to.

Furigana

むかしのような激(はげ)しい日雇(ひやと)い労働(ろうどう)はできやしない。

Romanji

Mukashi no yōna hageshii hiyatoi rōdō wa dekiyashinai.

Words

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

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

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

激しい (はげしい)

violent; furious; tempestuous; extreme; intense; fierce; fervent; vehement; incessant; relentless; precipitous; steep

日雇い (ひやとい)

daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer

労働 (ろうどう)

manual labor; manual labour; toil; work; Labour Party

は (は)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

激

Readings: ゲキ、はげ.しい

Meanings: violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite

日

Readings: ニチ、ジツ、ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

雇

Readings: コ、やと.う

Meanings: employ, hire

労

Readings: ロウ、ろう.する、いたわ.る、いた.ずき、ねぎら、つか.れる、ねぎら.う

Meanings: labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble

働

Readings: ドウ、リュク、リキ、ロク、リョク、はたら.く

Meanings: work, (kokuji)