ジョーンズ家では週給で召し使いに給料を支払っている。

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English Translation

The Joneses pay their servant by the week.

Furigana

ジョーンズ家(か)では週給(しゅうきゅう)で召(め)し使(つか)いに給料(きゅうりょう)を支払(しはら)っている。

Romanji

Jo-Nzuka de wa shūkyū de meshi tsukai ni kyūryō o shiharatteiru.

Words

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.

は (は)

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

週給 (しゅうきゅう)

weekly pay

召す (めす)

to call; to invite; to send for; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride; to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku); to do; honorific suffix used after the -masu stem of a verb

使い (つかい)

errand; mission; going as envoy; messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl; familiar spirit; use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer

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

給料 (きゅうりょう)

salary; wages

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.

支払う (しはらう)

to pay