長期にわたる深夜勤務がたたって彼は健康をひどく害してしまった。

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English Translation

Working so long on the graveyard shift made his health suffer badly.

Furigana

長期(ちょうき)にわたる深夜(しんや)勤務(きんむ)がたたって彼(かれ)は健康(けんこう)をひどく害(がい)してしまった。

Romanji

Chōki niwataru shin'ya kinmu ga tatatte kare wa kenkō o hidoku gaishiteshimatta.

Words

長期 (ちょうき)

long time period; long term

深夜 (しんや)

late at night

勤務 (きんむ)

service; duty; work

が (が)

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

祟る (たたる)

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to torment; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

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.

酷い (ひどい)

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

害す (がいす)

to injure; to damage; to harm; to hurt; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct