私の友人は１年間に３つの仕事についた。彼は何ごとも長くはやり続けられない。

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English Translation

My friend has had three jobs in a year; he never sticks to anything for long.

Furigana

私(わたし)の友人(ゆうじん)は１年間(ねんかん)に３つの仕事(しごと)についた。彼(かれ)は何(なに)ごとも長(なが)くはやり続(つづ)けられない。

Romanji

Watashi no yūjin wa ichi nenkan ni mittsu no shigoto ni tsuita. kare wa nanigoto mo nagaku hayaritsuzukerarenai.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

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

三つ (みっつ、みつ)

three

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

注ぐ (つぐ)

(usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

何事 (なにごと)

what; something; everything; nothing (with neg. verb); something or other; unspecified matter

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

逸る (はやる)

to be in high spirits; to be impatient; to be hotblooded; to be rash; to be impetuous