私はあの店の主人と口論になった。なぜなら、きちんと動かないテレビの代金を、彼はどうしても返してくれなかったからだ。

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English Translation

I had words with the manager of that store, because he refused to refund my money for the TV set that wasn't operating properly.

Furigana

私(わたし)はあの店(みせ)の主人(しゅじん)と口論(こうろん)になった。なぜなら、きちんと動(うご)かないテレビの代金(だいきん)を、彼(かれ)はどうしても返(かえ)してくれなかったからだ。

Romanji

Watashi wa ano mise no shujin to kōron ni natta. nazenara, kichinto ugokanai terebi no daikin o, kare wa dōshitemo kaeshitekurenakatta kara da.

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

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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

主人 (しゅじん)

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host; hostess

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

口論 (こうろん)

dispute; quarrel; argument

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

何故なら (なぜなら)

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

きちんと (きちんと)

precisely; accurately; neatly

動く (うごく)

to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing; to operate; to run; to go; to work; to be touched; to be influenced; to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver; certain; factual; to be transferred

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

代金 (だいきん)

price; payment; cost; charge; the money; the bill

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.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

如何しても (どうしても)

by all means; at any cost; no matter what; after all; in the long run; cravingly; at any rate; surely

返す (かえす)

to return (something); to restore; to put back; to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn; to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate; to repeat ...; to do ... back

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative