私は苦情を言ったが、店ではこのセーターを引き取るのを拒んだ。

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English Translation

I complained, but they refused to take this sweater back.

Furigana

私(わたし)は苦情(くじょう)を言(い)ったが、店(みせ)ではこのセーターを引(ひ)き取(と)るのを拒(こば)んだ。

Romanji

Watashi wa kujō o itta ga, mise de wa kono se-ta- o hikitoru no o kobanda.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

苦情 (くじょう)

complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

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.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

が (が)

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

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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.

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

セーター (セーター、スエーター、セエター)

sweater; jumper

引き取る (ひきとる)

to take over; to take back; to collect; to claim; to take charge of; to take custody of; to look after; to take care of; to adopt; to retire to a private place; to withdraw; to get out

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

拒む (こばむ)

to refuse; to reject; to decline