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実際、馬車馬のように働いたもの。

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実際 馬車馬 ように 働いた もの

English Translation

In reality, I used to work like a dog.

Furigana

実際(じっさい)馬車馬(ばしゃうま)のように(はたら)いたもの。

Romanji

Jissai, bashauma no yōni hataraita mono.

Words

実際 (じっさい)
practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
馬車馬 (ばしゃうま)
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
()
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
様に (ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
働く (はたらく)
to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated
(もの、もん)
person

Kanji

Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Readings: サイ、 きわ、 -ぎわ
Meanings: occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
Readings: バ、 うま、 うま-、 ま
Meaning: horse
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く
Meanings: work, (kokuji)