先月その工場では数百人の従業員を解雇しなければならなかった。

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English Translation

Last month, they had to lay off several hundred employees in the factory.

Furigana

先月(せんげつ)その工場(こうじょう)では数(すう)百(ひゃく)人(にん)の従業員(じゅうぎょういん)を解雇(かいこ)しなければならなかった。

Romanji

Sengetsu sono kōjō de wa sū hyaku nin no jūgyōin o kaikoshinakerebanaranakatta.

Words

先月 (せんげつ)

last month

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

工場 (こうじょう、こうば)

factory; plant; mill; workshop

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

百 (ひゃく、もも、はく)

100; hundred

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