仕事がないために職員の半数が解雇された。

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仕事 が ない ために 職員 の 半数 が 解雇された 。

English Translation

Because of a shortage of work, half the staff was discharged.

Furigana

仕事(しごと)がないために職員(しょくいん)の半数(はんすう)が解雇(かいこ)された。

Romanji

Shigoto ga nai tameni shokuin no hansū ga kaikosareta.

Words

仕事 (しごと)

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

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

職員 (しょくいん)

staff member; personnel

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

半数 (はんすう)

half the number; haploid

解雇 (かいこ)

discharge; dismissal

Kanji

仕

Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える

Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

職

Readings: ショク、 ソク

Meanings: post, employment, work

員

Reading: イン

Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge

半

Readings: ハン、 なか.ば

Meanings: half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

数

Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい

Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures

解

Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る

Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute

雇

Readings: コ、 やと.う

Meanings: employ, hire