ＧＭは７万６０００人の従業員を解雇した。

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English Translation

General Motors laid off 76,000 of its workers.

Furigana

ＧＭは７万(まん)６０００人(にん)の従業員(じゅうぎょういん)を解雇(かいこ)した。

Romanji

Ji-Emu wa nana man roku zero zero zero nin no jūgyōin o kaikoshita.

Words

ＧＭ (ジーエム)

general manager; GM; guided missile; genetically modified; GM

は (は)

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

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

万 (まん、よろず)

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; various

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

従業員 (じゅうぎょういん)

employee; worker

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.

解雇 (かいこ)

discharge; dismissal