お父さんが引退なさるときにはあの人が後を継ぐのです。

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English Translation

He will take over the business when his father retires.

Furigana

お父(とう)さんが引退(いんたい)なさるときにはあの人(ひと)が後(ご)を継(つ)ぐのです。

Romanji

Otōsan ga intai nasaru tokini wa ano hito gago o tsugu no desu.

Words

お父さん (おとうさん、おとっさん)

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

引退 (いんたい)

retire

為さる (なさる)

to do

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

は (は)

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

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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.

継ぐ (つぐ)

to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)

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

です (です)

be; is