姉は大学の先生の助手として働いている。

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姉は大学の先生の助手として働いている。

English Translation

My sister works as an assistant to a college professor.

Furigana

姉(あね)は大学(だいがく)の先生(せんせい)の助手(じょしゅ)として働(はたら)いている。

Romanji

Ane wa daigaku no sensei no joshu toshite hataraiteiru.

Words

姉 (あね)

older sister; elder sister

は (は)

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

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

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

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

助手 (じょしゅ、すけて)

helper; helpmeet; assistant; tutor

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated