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なぜ、会社によって、ブルーカラーの人のほうが、ホワイトカラーの人より給料がいいのですか?

Sentence Analyzer

なぜ 会社 によって ブルーカラー ほう ホワイトカラー より 給料 いい です

English Translation

Why are, depending on the company, blue-collar workers better paid than white-collar ones?

Furigana

なぜ、会社(かいしゃ)によって、ブルーカラーの(ひと)のほうが、ホワイトカラーの(ひと)より給料(きゅうりょう)がいいのですか?

Romanji

Naze, kaisha niyotte, buru-kara- no hito no hō ga, howaitokara- no hito yori kyūryō ga ii no desu ka?

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how
会社 (かいしゃ)
company; corporation; workplace
に因って (によって)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
ブルーカラー (ブルーカラー、ブルー・カラー)
blue-collar worker
()
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
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
ホワイトカラー (ホワイトカラー)
white-collar
より (より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
給料 (きゅうりょう)
salary; wages
いい (いい)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: キュウ、 たま.う、 たも.う、 -たま.え
Meanings: salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on
Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials