ある少女の職業は娼婦だったが、彼女は自分のおばあちゃんにこのことを知られたくなかった。

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English Translation

A certain girl was a prostitute but didn't want her grandma to know.

Furigana

ある少女(しょうじょ)の職業(しょくぎょう)は娼婦(しょうふ)だったが、彼女(かのじょ)は自分(じぶん)のおばあちゃんにこのことを知(し)られたくなかった。

Romanji

Aru shōjo no shokugyō wa shōfu datta ga, kanojo wa jibun no o bāchan ni kono koto o shiraretakunakatta.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

少女 (しょうじょ、おとめ)

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

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

職業 (しょくぎょう)

occupation; business

は (は)

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

娼婦 (しょうふ)

prostitute; harlot

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

が (が)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

ばあちゃん (ばあちゃん)

granny; grandma; gran; female senior-citizen

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern