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Zach

私は仕事中毒者は日本人だけかと思っていました。

Sentence Analyzer

仕事 中毒者 日本人 だけ 思っていました

English Translation

I thought only Japanese were workaholics.

Furigana

(わたし)仕事(しごと)中毒者(ちゅうどくしゃ)日本人(にっぽんじん)だけかと(おも)っていました。

Romanji

Watashi wa shigoto chūdokusha wa nipponjin dake ka to omotteimashita.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
仕事 (しごと)
work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work
中毒者 (ちゅうどくしゃ)
addict; junkie; substance abuser
日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)
Japanese person; Japanese people
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
()
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
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Reading: ドク
Meanings: poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think