The Restructuring of Factories
The Restructuring of Factories
Once upon a time, there was a woman who ran a company but was suffering from poor results of its business.
Her name was Otoko Mimizu, and she inherited her father's small company when he passed away from his illness ten years ago.
After that, she expanded of the scale of her company, and also ran several factories too.
One year, a serious problem regarding two factories was reported by each factory manager.
According to their reports, many workers at the factories in Sodom City and Gomorrah City chat with their smartphones during the working hours, not following the employment manual.
The production at the factory was always behind the plan, and also the defect rate of products was high.
Mimizu took the problem very seriously, so she told Abraham who worked under her, "It seems that workers at factories in Sodom and Gomorrah have no work ethic. Let's see what's going on there this week. I will shut down both the factories if the situation is that bad really."
So, Mimizu and Abraham first left for the factory in Sodom.
When they arrived in front of the Sodom factory, Abraham asked Mimizu timidly, "Are you serious about shutting down this factory? Will you fire both the people who work very hard and those who loaf on the job equally?"
Abraham continued, "Suppose there are fifty honest workers who work very hard within the factory; will you close this factory and not keep it for the fifty good workers?"
Mimizu answered, "If there are fifty good workers who honestly work in the Sodom factory, then, I will save the factory for them."
Abraham asked another question, "If five of the fifty good workers are lacking, what will you do? Will you shutdown the factory for lack of those five?"
Mimizu answered, "All right! If I find forty-five righteous workers there, I will keep the factory.
Abraham demanded, "There might be only forty people."
Mimizu got annoyed, "You are noisy man, aren't you? Then, I won't do it for the sake of forty."
Abraham was sorry to trouble. However, he still continued, "Oh Please don't be angry. Suppose thirty are found there"
Mimizu answered with a voice which sounded like she was disgusted, "Well, you are not giving me a choice, are you? I will keep the factory if thirty workers are doing a good job."
Abraham took breathed once and said with low voice, "Just in case, I would like to ask you this. If, by any chance, only twenty people work hard but the rest of them are lazy, what will be your decision?"
Mimizu answered showing her feeling that she was so irritated, "Hey! What's the matter with you? Well, okay, I will forgive all workers in it just for those twenty."
Abraham looked up Mimizu's face, and asked her the final question, "I promise this is my final question. Please don't get mad! If you can find only ten workers who work really hard in the factory, will you still save it?"
Abraham wanted to ask Mimizu what she would do if there were less than ten righteous workers. Abraham saw Mimizu's face and felt that she looked about crying, so he did not ask her further question. They entered the Sodom factory. What they saw there was .........
Genesis 18:20-32
工場リストラ
ある時、会社の業績の低迷で悩んでいる女性経営者がいた。
彼女は、美水音子(みみずおとこ)という名前で、十年前に病気でこの世を去った父親、美水博士(みみずひろし)の小さな会社を継いだのであった。
その後、会社の規模を急激に拡大し、工場も複数運営していた。
ある年、ふたつの工場について、それぞれの工場長から、深刻な問題点が、美水の下に報告された。
それは、ソドム市とゴモラ市にある工場で、労働者達の多くが、就業規則を守らず、勤務時間中に、スマホでチャットをしていると言うものだった。
工場の生産は、常に計画よりも遅れ、製品の不良率も高かった。
問題を重く見た美水は、部下のエイブラハムに伝えた。「ソドムとゴモラの工場の労働者たちの勤務態度が非常に悪いみたいね。今週、様子を見に行きましょう。もし本当にそんなに悪いんだったら、両方の工場を閉鎖するつもりよ。」
それで、美水とエイブラハムは、まず最初に、ソドム工場に向かって行った。
ソドムの工場の前に来た時、エイブラハムは、美水に、恐る恐る尋ねてみた。「本気で、この工場を閉鎖されるんですか？ 真面目に働いている人達と、サボっている者達を、皆一緒に解雇されるおつもりでしょうか？」
エイブラハムは更に続けた。「この工場に、誠実に一生懸命働いている労働者が五十人居たとしても、ここを無くしてしまうのですか？ その五十人の為に、この工場をお救いにならないのですか？」
美水は答えた。「もし、ソドム工場に、勤勉な労働者が五十人いるなら、その人達の為に、工場全体を残してもいいよ。」
エイブラハムは、更に言った。「もし、真面目な人が、五十人よりも、五人少なかったら、どうしますか？ 五人足りないと言う理由で、工場を閉鎖しますか？」
美水が答えた。「わかった！ちゃんと仕事をする人が、四十五人居たら、工場は残すことにするわ。」
エイブラハムは、更に食い下がった。「もしかしたら、四十人かも知れませんよ。」
美水が、ムッとした表情で答えた。「うるさいなぁ。そしたら、その四十人の為に、工場は閉鎖しない。」
エイブラハムは、恐縮しながらも続けた。「どうか怒らないでください。もし三十人ならどうしますか？」
美水は、呆れた様な声で答えた。「しょうがないわねぇ。三十人が頑張ってくれるんだったら、工場は残すわよ。」
エイブラハムは、一呼吸してから、小さな声で言った。「一応、念の為にお聞きしますが、万が一、二十人しかまともに働いていなかったらどうしますか？」
美水は、イライラしながら答えた。「もう、なんなんなのよ、いったい？ そうねぇ、、いいよ、その二十人に免じて全員許すことにする。」
エイブラハムは、下から美水の顔を見上げて、最後の質問をした。「最後にあと一回だけお聞きします。本当に怒らないでくださいよ。もし十人だけが、一生懸命に働いていたらどうしますか？」
美水が、ため息をついた。「はぁ～～。もうどうでもいい。その十人のために、全員救うことにする。工場は閉鎖しない！これでいいんでしょ？」
エイブラハムは、まともな労働者が十人よりも少なかったらどうするのか聞きたかったが、美水の泣きそうな顔を見て、聞くのをやめた。そして二人は、ソドム工場に入っていった。そこで二人が見たのは、........。
Genesis 18:20-32
Japanese words and phrases
The Restructuring of Factories
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory (noun)
リストラ : restructuring (noun), firing workers (noun, as a false loan word)
ある時、会社の業績の低迷で悩んでいる女性経営者がいた。
Once upon a time, there was a woman who ran a company but was suffering from poor results of its business.
ある時 (あるとき) : Once upon a time
会社 (かいしゃ) : a company (noun)
業績 (ぎょうせき) : performance , operating results, or profitability
会社の業績 : the results of the business of a company (noun)
低迷 (ていめい) : a situation when your something is not going well (noun)
業績の低迷 : lowered performance or poor operating result
悩む (なやむ) : to struggle, to suffer, to worry, to be troubled (verb)
悩んでいる (なやんでいる) : You are now suffering/struggling/worrying. You have a trouble. (current and recent situation)
業績の低迷で悩んでいる : You are worrying about your business because the result of it has not been good.
女性 (じょせい) : female (gender), a woman (person)
経営者 (けいえいしゃ) : an executive (noun), a person who runs a company (noun)
女性経営者がいる。: There is a woman who runs a company. (current situation)
女性経営者がいた。: There was a woman who ran a company. (past situation)
悩んでいる経営者 : an executive who is worrying about something (noun)
悩んでいる女性経営者がいる。: There is a woman who runs a company but worries about something. (current and recent situation)
悩んでいる女性経営者がいた。: There was a woman who ran a company but worried about something. (The last part "いた。" is in the past tense and it makes this phrase past tense even if the part "悩んでいる" sounds like a present tense.)
彼女は、美水音子(みみずおとこ)という名前で、十年前に病気でこの世を去った父親、美水博士(みみずひろし)の小さな会社を継いだのであった。
Her name was Otoko Mimizu, and she inherited her father's small company when he passed away from his illness ten years ago.
彼女 (かのじょ) : she/her
美水音子(みみずおとこ) : Otoko Mimizu, the name of a woman in this story
名前 (なまえ) : the name
....という名前 : Someone's name which is .......
彼女は、美水音子という名前だ。(/である。/です。) : Her name is Otoko Mimizu.
彼女は、美水音子という名前で、..... : Her name is Otoko Mimizu and/then .........
十年 (じゅうねん) : the tenth year (a specific year), ten years (number of years when '間' is omitted)
令和十年 (れいわじゅうねん) : the tenth year in the Reiwa Era in Japan (a specific year)
十年間 (じゅうねんかん) : ten years (The last kanji '間' can be omitted when it can be assumed from the context, so you can also say "十年".)
十年前 (じゅうねんまえ) : ten years ago
十年後 (じゅうねんご) : ten years later
病気 (びょうき) : a sickness, an illness (noun)
世 (よ) : the world
この世 : this world which you live now (noun), your life on the earth
あの世 : the world which you will go to after you die, heaven (literally "that world")
去る (さる) : to go away, to leave a place (verb)
去った (さった) : Someone went away. Someone left here/there.
この世を去る : to pass away (verb)
この世を去った : Someone passed away. Someone left this world.
父親 (ちちおや) : someone's father, his/her/their father (noun)
父 (ちち) : my father (noun, You call your father "父" when you talk to someone else or when you introduce your father to someone.)
十年前にこの世を去った : Someone passed away ten years ago.
病気でこの世を去った : Someone passed away due to an illness.
この世を去った父親 : Someone's father who has passed away (noun clause)
美水博士 (みみずひろし) : Hiroshi Mimizu, the name of a man in this story
父親、美水博士 : someone's father whose name is Hiroshi Mimizu
十年前に病気でこの世を去った父親、美水博士 : Her father, Hiroshi Mimizu, who passed away due to his illness ten years ago (in this context)
小さい (ちいさい) : small (adjective with or without a following noun)
小さな : small (adjective with a following noun)
会社 (かいしゃ) : a company
小さい会社 / 小さな会社 : a small company
彼女の会社は小さい。 : Her company is small. (Don't say "彼女の会社は小さな。")
継ぐ (つぐ) : to inherit something from someone (verb)
継いだ (ついだ) : You inherited it.
父親の会社を継いだ : You inherited your father’s company or succeeded the control of your father’s company.
彼女は、父親の会社を継いだ。: She inherited , or succeeded the control of, her father's company.
......のであった。: ..... and it was the situation. .......... and it was what happened. (You probably don't need to translate this part into English. Just try to get the nuance.)
彼女は、父親の小さな会社を継いだのであった。: She inherited , or succeeded the control of, her father's company.
その後、会社の規模を急激に拡大し、工場も複数運営していた。
After that, she expanded of the scale of her company, and also ran several factories too.
その後 (そのご) : after that
会社 (かいしゃ) : a company (noun)
規模 (きぼ) : a scale of something such as a company (noun)
会社の規模 : a scale of your company (noun)
急激 (きゅうげき) : sudden, drastic (adjective without a following noun)
急激な : sudden, drastic (adjective with a following noun)
急激に : suddenly, drastically (adverb)
拡大 (かくだい) : expansion (noun), a situation when something expands (noun)
拡大する : to expand, to increase, to magnify (verb)
拡大した。: You expanded it. You increased it. You magnified it.
会社の規模を拡大した。: You expanded the scale of your company.
会社の規模を拡大し、.... : You expanded the scale of your company and/then/so .....
会社の規模を急激に拡大した。: You expanded the scale of your company rapidly.
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
複数 (ふくすう) : plural, several
運営 (うんえい) : running or managing a company, an organization or a group (noun)
運営する : to run or manage a company, an organization or a group (verb)
運営している。: You currently run or manage a company, an organization or a group. (current and recent situation)
運営していた。: You ran or managed a company, an organization or a group. (past situation situation)
工場を運営していた。: You ran/managed a factory or factories.
工場を複数運営していた。: You ran/managed several factories.
工場も複数運営していた。: You also ran/managed several factories too.
ある年、ふたつの工場について、それぞれの工場長から、深刻な問題点が、美水の下に報告された。
One year, a serious problem regarding two factories was reported by each factory manager.
ある年 (あるとし) : one year, a certain year
ふたつ : two (when counting things)
ふたり : two (when counting people)
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
ふたつの工場 : two factories
について : about it
ふたつの工場について : about two factories
それぞれの : each
工場長 (こうじょうちょう) : the manager of a factory
それぞれの工場 : each factory
それぞれの工場長 : the manager of each factory
それぞれの工場長から : from the manager of each factory
深刻 (しんこく) : serious (adjective without a following noun)
深刻な : serious (adjective with a following noun)
深刻に : seriously (adverb)
問題 (もんだい) : a problem
点 (てん) : a point, a dot
問題点 : the problem which you are going to talk about (literally "the point at problem")
深刻な問題 / 深刻な問題点 : a serious problem
美水 (みみず) : Mimizu, the family name of Ms. Otoko Mimizu in this story
下 (もと) : under something or someone, someone's place
美水の下 : under Mimizu
報告 (ほうこく) : a report (noun), reporting (noun)
報告する : to report (verb)
報告される : to be reported by someone (verb)
報告された : It was reported by someone.
ある年、報告された。: One year, something was reported.
ふたつの工場について報告された。: Something regarding two factories were reported.
それぞれの工場長から報告された。: Something was reported by each factory manager.
深刻な問題点が報告された。: A serious problem was reported.
美水に報告された : It was reported to Mimizu.
美水の下に報告された : It was reported to Mimizu.
それは、ソドム市とゴモラ市にある工場で、労働者達の多くが、就業規則を守らず、勤務時間中に、スマホでチャットをしていると言うものだった。
According to their reports, many workers at the factories in Sodom City and Gomorrha City chat with their smartphones during the working hours, not following the employment manual.
それは... : It is/was ........ , Something which you have just mentioned is/was .........
ソドム市 (そどむし) : Sodom City (fiction)
ゴモラ市 (ごもらし) : Gomorrha City (fiction)
ソドム市とゴモラ市 : Sodom City and Gomorrha City
ある : Something is here/there. It exists. You have it.
ソドム市にある : Something is in Sodom City.
ゴモラ市にある : Something is in Gomorrha City.
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
ソドム市にある工場 : the factory in Sodom City
ゴモラ市にある工場 : the factory in Gomorrha City
ソドム市とゴモラ市にある工場で : in the factories in Sodom City and Gomorha City
労働 (ろうどう) : a work (noun) working (noun)
者 (もの) : a person, someone who you have just mentioned
労働者 (ろうどうしゃ) : a worker
労働者達 (ろうどうしゃたち) : workers
多く (おおく) : most of them
労働者達の多く : most workers, many workers
就業 (しゅうぎょう) : working at a company, a factory, etc. as an employee (noun)
規則(きそく) : a rule, rules (noun)
就業規則 : the rules which all employees must follow, the employment manual (noun)
守る (まもる) : to keep, to follow, to protect (verb)
就業規則を守る : to follow the employment manual (verb)
就業規則を守らず、..... : You did not follow the employment manual then/so ....... , not following the employment manual
勤務 (きんむ) : service, working as an employee
時間 (じかん) : a time, the time
勤務時間 : working hour
勤務時間中に : during working hour
スマホ / スマートフォン : a smartphone such as an iPhone, an Android phone, etc.(noun)
チャット : a chat, chats, chatting (noun)
チャットをする : to chat, to enjoy chatting (verb)
チャットをしている : You are chatting. (present progress), You chat regularly/often/usually/sometimes/etc. (current and recent activity)
スマホでチャットをしている : You are chatting with your smartphone now. (present progress), You chat with your smartphone regularly/often/sometimes/usually/etc. (current and recent activity)
言う (いう) : to say, to tell (verb)
それは、..........である。: It is .............
....と言うものである。 : It is said that ...............
それは、..........であった。: It was ............., The situation was that .............
....と言うものだった。 : It was said that ............... , According to that, ...............
工場の生産は、常に計画よりも遅れ、製品の不良率も高かった。
The production at the factory was always behind the plan, and also the defect rate of products was high.
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory (noun)
生産 (せいさん) : production, producing (noun)
工場の生産 : the production at the factory (noun)
常 (つね) : a situation when something is always true, a situation when something regularly or usually happens, a situation when you do something regularly or usually
常に : always (adverb)
計画 (けいかく) : a plan (noun)
遅れ (おくれ) : a delay (noun)
遅れる : to be late, to be behind (verb)
遅れ、.... : It is/was late and/then/so .... , It is/was behind and/then/so .....
常に計画よりも遅れ、.... : It is/was always behind the plan and/then/so .....
製品 (せいひん) : a product, products (noun)
不良 (ふりょう) : bad quality (noun)
不良率 (ふりょうりつ): defect rate (noun)
高い (たかい) : high, expensive (adjective), It is high. It is expensive. (current situation)
高かった。(たかかった) : It was high. It was expensive. (past situation)
製品の不良率は高かった。: The defect rate was high.
製品の不良率も高かった。: Also, the defect rate was high. (You probably have mentioned some problem and now you are also talking about this problem.)
問題を重く見た美水は、部下のエイブラハムに伝えた。「ソドムとゴモラの工場の労働者たちの勤務態度が非常に悪いみたいね。今週、様子を見に行きましょう。もし本当にそんなに悪いんだったら、両方の工場を閉鎖するつもりよ。」
Mimizu took the problem very seriously, so she told Abraham who worked under her, "It seems that workers at factories in Sodom and Gomorrha have no work ethic. Let's see what's going on there this week.I will shut down both the factories if the situation is that bad really."
問題 (もんだい) : a problem, a trouble (noun)
重い (おもい) : heavy, serious (adjective)
重く (おもく) : heavily, seriously (adverb)
見る (みる) : to see, to watch, to look at something (verb)
重く見る : to take a problem seriously (verb), to pay special attention to a problem to be serious (verb)
重く見た。: You took the problem seriously.
美水 (みみず) : Mimizu, the family name of Otoko Mimizu in this story
問題を重く見た美水 : Mimizu who took the problem seriously (noun clause)
問題を重く見た美水は、.... : Mimizu took the problem seriously and/then/so .....
上司 (じょうし) : your boss (noun)
部下 (ぶか) : a worker who works under your management and reports his or her progress to you (noun), If someone is your 部下, you are his or her boss.
エイブラハム : Abraham
部下のエイブラハム : Abraham who works under you
伝える (つたえる) : to tell, to report, to inform (verb)
美水は、エイブラハムに伝えた。: Mimizu told Abraham
美水は、部下のエイブラハムに伝えた。: Mimizu told Abraham who worked under her
ゴモラ : Gomorrha
ソドムの工場 : a factory located in Sodom
ゴモラの工場 : a factory located in Gomorrha
ソドムとゴモラの工場 : the factories located in Sodom and Gomorrha
労働者 (ろうどうしゃ) : a worker
労働者たち : workers
工場の労働者たち : workers at a factory
勤務 (きんむ) : working as an employee
態度 (たいど) : an attitude, a manner, a behavior (noun)
勤務態度 : your attitude when you are working as an employee (noun)
労働者たちの勤務態度 : the attitudes of workers when they are working as employees
非常 (ひじょう) : an unusual situation, a situation when something happens in unusual way, a situation when you do something in unusual way, an emergency situation (depends on the context)
非常な : unusual, very (adjective with a following noun)
非常に : unusually, very much (adverb)
悪い (わるい) : bad, poor, evil, wrong (depends on what you are talking about)
態度が悪い : Your attitude or behavior is bad.
非常に悪い : It's very bad.
.... みたい : It seems ......... , It's likely ............ It looks like ...........
みたいだ。: *This is a masculine expression which is often used by men.
みたいね。: *This is a feminine expression which is often used by women.
悪いみたいだ。: It seems to be bad. It seems that the condition is bad. It seems that the situation is bad. (masculine expression)
悪いみたいね。: It seems to be bad. It seems that the condition is bad. It seems that the situation is bad. (feminine expression)
様子 (ようす) : a condition, a situation, how something is going well or poor (noun)
見る (みる) : to see, to watch, to look at (verb)
様子を見る : to see how something is going (verb)
行く (いく) : to go (verb)
見に行く : to go to a certain place to see something (verb, The part "見に" is the purpose, and the following part "行く" is the action.)
..... ましょう : Let's do it. (suggestion)
行きましょう！ : Let's go!
もし : if
本当に (ほんとうに) : really, truly (adverb), as it was informed or reported
もし本当に : if that is true, if the situation is actually like that
そんなに : such, like that
悪い (わるい) : bad, poor (adjective)
そんなに悪い : It is bad like that.
悪いんだったら : if it's bad
もし本当にそんなに悪いんだったら、.......... : If the situation is so bad, then ........... If the situation is that bad
両方 (りょうほう) : both sides
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
両方の工場 : both factories
閉鎖 (へいさ) : shutting down a facility, a factory, a website, a blog, etc. (noun)
閉鎖する : to shut down (verb)
工場を閉鎖する : to shutdown a factory (verb)
閉鎖するつもり : I/We will shut it down.
閉鎖するつもだ。 : I/We will shut it down. (masculine expression often spoken by men)
閉鎖するつもよ。 : I/We will shut it down. (feminine expression often spoken by women)
それで、美水とエイブラハムは、まず最初に、ソドム工場に向かって行った。
So, Mimizu and Abraham first left for the factory in Sodom.
それで、... : So, .... Then, .... Therefore, ........
美水 (みみず) : Mimizu
エイブラハム : Abraham
まず : before doing anything else
最初に (さいしょに) : first, at the beginning, as the first action, for the first step
まず最初に : for the beginning, before doing other things (This combination, "まず" and "最初に," may sound redundant for you but it is not unnatural.)
ソドム : Sodom
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
ソドム工場 : the factory in Sodom
向かう (むかう) : to go toward a certain thing or direction (verb), to turn your face toward something (verb)
向かって (むかって) : toward
行く (いく) : to go (verb)
行った。(いった) : You went.
美水とエイブラハムは、行った。: Mimizu and Abraham went there.
向かって行った。: You went toward something or a certain direction.
ソドム工場に向かって行った。: You left for the factory in Sodom.
ソドムの工場の前に来た時、エイブラハムは、美水に、恐る恐る尋ねてみた。「本気で、この工場を閉鎖されるんですか？ 真面目に働いている人達と、サボっている者達を、皆一緒に解雇されるおつもりでしょうか？」
When they arrived in front of the Sodom factory, Abraham asked Mimizu timidly, "Are you serious about shutting down this factory? Will you fire both the people who work very hard and those who loaf on the job equally?"
ソドム : Sodom, Sodom City in this story (fiction)
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
ソドム(の)工場 : a factory in Sodom, the Sodom factory
前 (まえ) : before, earlier, front, past
....の前 : before ...... , earlier than ...... , front of .......
工場の前 : front of a factory
来る (くる) : to come (verb)
来た (きた) : You came here/there.
ソドムの工場に来た : You came to the factory in Sodom City.
ソドムの工場の前に来た : You came in front of the factory in Sodom City.
時 (とき) : a time, the time, when it happens/happened, when you do/did it
来た時 : when you came here/there
エイブラハム : Abraham
美水 (みみず) : the family name of Ms. Otoko Mimizu in this story
恐る恐る (おそるおそる) : timidly, timorously (adverb)
尋ねる (たずねる) : to ask someone a question (verb)
訪ねる (たずねる) : to visit someone or a place (verb)
尋ねた。: You asked.
エイブラハムは、尋ねた。: Abraham asked.
美水に、尋ねた。: You asked Mimizu.
尋ねてみる : to try to ask someone a question (verb), to ask someone a question anyway even if you are not sure whether he or she will be able to answer it (verb)
エイブラハムは、尋ねてみた。: Abraham asked his question anyway.
美水に、尋ねてみた。: You asked Mimizu a question.
エイブラハムは、美水に、恐る恐る尋ねてみた。: Abraham timidly asked Mimizu a question even if he was not sure if it was a good idea to do so.
本気 (ほんき) : your mind when you are serious about something (noun), serious (adjective without a following noun), You are serious about something. (current situation)
本気の : serious (adjective with a following noun)
本気で : seriously (adverb)
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
この工場 : this factory
閉鎖 (へいさ) : closing a facility, a site, a website, a blog, etc. which you currently run (noun)
閉鎖する : to close a facility, a site, a website, a blog, etc. which you currently run (verb)
工場を閉鎖する : to close a factory (verb)
閉鎖される : You close it. (polite expression)
閉鎖されるんですか？ : Will you close it? Are you going to close it? (polite, casual, spoken expression)
真面目 (まじめ) : serious (adjective without a following noun)
真面目な : serious (adjective with a following noun)
真面目に : seriously (adverb)
働く (はたらく) : to work (verb)
働いている (はたらいている) : You are working. (present progress), You work at a company, a NPO, etc. (current and recent situation), You have a job. (current status)
人達 (ひとたち) : people
働いている人達 : people who are working (noun clause), people who work at a workplace (noun clause), people who have their jobs (noun clause), workers (noun)
真面目に働いている人達 : people who work seriously (noun clause)
サボる : to loaf on the job (verb)
サボっている : You are loafing on your job. (present progress), You loaf on your job always/usually/often/sometimes/etc. (current and recent situation)
者 (もの) : a person, someone who you have just mentioned
サボっている者 : someone who is loafing on his or her job (noun clause)
者達 (ものたち) : people, those who you have just mentioned
サボっている者達 : those who are loafing on their jobs (noun clause)
皆 (みんな) : everyone, all people in your group (noun)
一緒 (いっしょ) : a situation when you are with someone, a situation when something is the same as another
皆一緒 : the whole group, a situation when you are with all the people in your group
一緒に : together (adverb)
解雇 (かいこ) : firing an employee (noun)
する : to do something (verb)
解雇する : to fire an employee (verb)
される : to be done by someone (verb), You do it. (polite expression when I am talking to you who is my boss)
解雇される : to be laid off or fired by your employer (verb), You will fire someone. (polite expression used when I am talking to you who is my boss)
つもり : a will, an intention
おつもり : your will, your intention (polite expression)
でしょうか？: Is it? Does it? It that true? (polite expression)
おつもりでしょうか？ : Is it your intention? (polite expression)
されるおつもりでしょうか？ : Will you do it? Are you going to do it? (polite expression)
皆一緒に解雇されるおつもりでしょうか？ : Will you fire all of them? (polite expression)
エイブラハムは更に続けた。「この工場に、誠実に一生懸命働いている労働者が五十人居たとしても、ここを無くしてしまうのですか？その五十人の為に、この工場をお救いにならないのですか？」
Abraham continued, "Suppose there are fifty honest workers who work very hard within the factory; will you close this factory and not keep it for the fifty good workers?"更に (さらに) : moreover, additionally, furthermore
続ける (つづける) : to keep doing something, to continue (verb)
続けた。: You kept doing it. You continued.
この工場 : this factory
誠実 (せいじつ) : a quality of someone who is honest (noun), honest (adjective without a following noun)
誠実な : honest (adjective with a following noun)
誠実に : honestly (adverb)
一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい) : your attitude when you are doing your best (adjective without a following noun), working very hard (adverb), as hard as you can, very hard (adverb)
一生懸命な : your attitude when you are doing your best (adjective with a following noun)
一生懸命に : working very hard (adverb), as hard as you can, very hard (adverb)
働く (はたらく) : to work (verb)
働いている (はたらいている) : You are working. (present progress), You work regularly, usually, often or sometimes. (current activity), You have a job. (status)
一生懸命働いている : You are working very hard. (present progress), You always or usually work very hard (current and recent activity)
労働者 (ろうどうしゃ) : a worker as an employee (noun)
一生懸命働いている労働者 : a worker who is working very hard, a worker who works very hard (noun clause)
誠実に一生懸命働いている労働者 : a worker who works honestly and very hard (noun clause)
居る (いる) : to be here/there (verb), You are here/there. (current situation)
居た (いた) : There was a person or people. (past situation)
五十人居る : There are fifty people. (current situation)
五十人居た : There were fifty people. (past situation)
工場に、五十人居た。: There were fifty people in the factory.
この工場に、五十人居た。: There were fifty people in this factory.
この工場に、労働者が五十人居た。: There were fifty workers in this factory.
.......としても : even if ................
五十人居たとしても、: even if there are fifty people
労働者が五十人居たとしても、: even if there are fifty workers
この工場に、労働者が五十人居たとしても : even if there are fifty workers in this factory
ここ : here, this place, this building, this house, this company, this office, this factory, this facility, etc. (depends on the context)
無くす (なくす) : to lose, to sweep away, to make something empty, to make something nothing (verb)
ここを無くしてしまう : You lose this place. You sweep away this place/facility/factory/office/etc.
人達 (ひとたち) : people
その人達 : those people, such people
その五十人 : those fifty people
為 (ため) : a purpose, a reason (This kanji is not used by itself. It is used to make a phrase to tell about a reason or a purpose.)
の為に : for such a purpose, for such a reason, because of it
その人達の為に : for the sake of those people, for the sake of such people, for them
その五十人の為に : for those fifty people
救う (すくう) : to help, to rescue (verb)
お救いになる (おすくいになる) : You help someone. You rescue someone. (polite expression used when talking to someone who I respect)
お救いにならない : You don't help someone. You don't rescue someone. (polite expression used when talking to someone who I respect)
お救いにならないのですか？: Don't you help him/her/them? Don't you rescue him/her/them? (polite expression used when talking to someone who I respect)
この工場をお救いにならないのですか？: Don't you save this factory? (polite expression used when talking to someone who I respect)
美水は答えた。「もし、ソドム工場に、勤勉な労働者が五十人いるなら、その人達の為に、工場全体を残してもいいよ。」
Mimizu answered, "If there are fifty good workers who honestly work in the Sodom factory, then, I will save the factory for them."
美水 (みみず) : Mimizu
答えた。(こたえた) : You answered.
美水は答えた。/ 美水が答えた。: Mimizu answered.
もし : if
ソドム : Sodom
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
勤勉 (きんべん) : diligence (noun), the quality of a person who works very hard (noun), diligent (adjective without a following noun)
勤勉な : diligent (adjective with a following noun)
勤勉に : diligently (adverb)
労働者 (ろうどうしゃ) : a worker as an employee (noun), workers (noun)
五十 (ごじゅう) : fifty
五十人 (ごじゅうにん) : fifty people
いるなら : if there is a person or people, if there is an animal or animals (condition)
もし五十人いるなら : if there are fifty people
もし労働者が五十人いるなら : if there are fifty workers
その人達 : those people
為 (ため) : a reason, a purpose
その人達の為に : for those people, for them (when talking about people)
全体 (ぜんたい) : the whole of it
工場全体 : the whole factory
残す (のこす) : to save something for future (verb), to leave something (verb), to avoid using up all of something (verb), to keep something you have (verb)
してもいいよ。: Okay, I/We/You can do it. (casual, spoken expression)
工場を残してもいいよ。: Okay, I/We can keep the factory. (casual, spoken expression)
工場全体を残してもいいよ。: Okay, I/We can keep the whole factory. (casual, spoken expression)
エイブラハムは、更に言った。「もし、真面目な人が、五十人よりも、五人少なかったら、どうしますか？ 五人足りないと言う理由で、工場を閉鎖しますか？」
Abraham asked another question, "If five of the fifty good workers are lacking, what will you do? Will you shutdown the factory for lack of those five?"
エイブラハム : Abraham
更に (さらに) : again, further, moreover (adverb)
言った。(いった) : You said. You told.
エイブラハムは言った。: Abraham said. Abraham told.
更に言った。: You said further. You told more.
もし : if
真面目 (まじめ) : serious (adjective without a following noun)
真面目な : serious (adjective with a following noun)
人 (ひと) : a person, human being, someone (noun)
真面目な人 : a serious person, serious people (depends on the context)
五十人 (ごじゅうにん) : fifty people
真面目な人が、五十人 : fifty people who are serious
五十人よりも .... : ....... than fifty people
五人 (ごにん) : five people
少ない (すくない) : few, little, lacking (adjective), They are few. It is little. (current situation)
少なかった。: They were few. It was little. (past situation)
五人少なかった : They were five people fewer. They needed five more people. Five people were lacking. (past situation)
五十人よりも、五人少なかった。: They were five people fewer than fifty. They were forty five people. Five of the fifty people were lacking.
真面目な人が、五十人よりも、五人少なかった。: Serious people were five people fewer than fifty. Only forty five people were serious. Five of the fifty serious people were lacking.
もし、少なかったら : if they are few, if it is little, if they are lacking
どうしますか？: What will you do? How will you solve it? What should we/I do? Do you have any good idea?
五人 (ごにん) : five (when counting people)
足りる (たりる) : You have enough. (current situation), sufficient (adjective)
足りない : You don't have enough. (current situation), lacking (adjective)
五人足りない : five people are lacking
言う (いう) : to say, to tell (verb)
理由 (りゆう) : a reason
...........と言う理由 : the reason that .......... (noun clause)
と言う理由で、: for such reason
五人足りないと言う理由で、..... : ......... because five people of them are lacking, for lack of five people (reason)
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
閉鎖 (へいさ) : shutting down (noun)
閉鎖する : to shut down a facility, factory, a site, a website, a blog, etc.
します : I will do it.
閉鎖します : I will shut down it.
工場を閉鎖します : I will shut down the factory.
しますか？: Will you do it?
工場を閉鎖しますか？: Will you shut down the factory?
美水が答えた。「わかった！ちゃんと仕事をする人が、四十五人居たら、工場は残すことにするわ。」
Mimizu answered, "All right! If I find forty-five righteous workers there, I will keep the factory.
美水 (みみず) : Mimizu
答えた。(こたえた) : You answered.
わかった！: Okay! All right! I understand! I got it! I see! I agree with you! (depends on the context)
ちゃんと : surely, correctly, rightly, in the good way (adverb)
仕事 (しごと) : a job, a work
する : to do something (verb)
ちゃんとする : to do something accurately, correctly, tidily, surely, honestly or in a good order (verb)
仕事をする : to work (verb), to do your job/work (verb)
する人 : someone who does it (noun clause)
仕事をする人 : someone who works (noun clause)
ちゃんと仕事をする人 : someone who works honestly (noun clause), a good worker
四十五人 (よんじゅうごにん) : forty five (people)
仕事をする人が、四十五人 : forty five workers
ちゃんと仕事をする人が、四十五人 : forty five good workers
四十五人居たら : if there are forty five people, if forty five people are here/there
居たら (いたら) : if he/she is here/there, if they are here/there
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
残す (のこす) : to save something now so you can use it in future (verb)
工場は残す : The factory will be saved.
ことにする。: to decide to do it (verb), I will decide to do it.
ことにするよ。: I will decide to do it. (masculine expression usually or often spoken by men)
ことにするわ。: I will decide to do it. (feminine expression usually or often spoken by women)
工場は残すことにするわ。: I/We will save the factory. (feminine expression)
エイブラハムは、更に食い下がった。「もしかしたら、四十人かも知れませんよ。」
Abraham demanded, "There might be only forty people."
エイブラハム : Abraham
更に (さらに) : fathermore, again, additionally, moreover
食い下がる (くいさがる) : to continue to tell someone about your opinion not giving up it easily (verb), to continue to ask someone your questions demanding his or her answer (verb)
食い下がった。(くいさがった) : You continued to tell someone about your opinion not giving up it easily. You continued to ask someone your questions demanding his or her answer. (past action)
エイブラハムは、更に食い下がった。: Abraham still demanded it.
もしかしたら、: perhaps, possibly, by any chance, it may be, there is a possibility (Please try to get the nuance and feeling of this expression but do not think of the exact literal translation.)
四十人 (ようじゅうにん) : forty people
四十人かも : maybe forty people
知る (しる) : to get to know (verb)
知れません (しれません) : I'm not sure about it.
知れませんよ : I'm not sure about it. (casual, spoken expression)
四十人かも知れませんよ。: They might be forty people but I'm not sure.
美水が、ムッとした表情で答えた。「うるさいなぁ。そしたら、その四十人の為に、工場は閉鎖しない。」
Mimizu got annoyed, "You are noisy man, aren't you? Then, I won't do it for the sake of forty."
美水 (みみず) : Mimizu
ムッとした : You are angry. You are annoyed by someone.
表情 (ひょうじょう) : a face that shows your mood (noun)
ムッとした表情 : a face that expresses your mood when you are angry or annoyed by someone (noun clause)
答える (こたえる) : to answer (verb)
答えた。: You answered.
美水が、答えた。: Mimizu answered.
ムッとした表情で答えた。: You answered with a face that expressed that you were angry or annoyed by someone.
うるさい : annoying, noisy (adjective)
うるさいなぁ。: You are annoying me. You are bothering me.
そしたら : then, so, therefore, as you say so
四十人 (よんじゅうにん) : forty people
その四十人 : those forty people
為 (ため) : a reason, a purpose, for the sake of someone
その四十人の為に : for those forty people
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
閉鎖 (へいさ) : shutting down (noun)
しない。: I/You/We don't do it.
閉鎖しない。: I/You/We don't shutdown it.
工場は閉鎖しない。: I/We/You don't shutdown the factory.
エイブラハムは、恐縮しながらも続けた。「どうか怒らないでください。もし三十人ならどうしますか？」
Abraham was sorry to trouble. However, he still continued, "Oh Please don't be angry. Suppose thirty are found there"
エイブラハム : Abraham
恐縮 (きょうしゅく) : a feeling that you feel sorry because you are bothering someone, a feeling that you feel sorry because you are causing a trouble (noun)
恐縮する : to be sorry because you are bothering someone, to be sorry because you are causing a trouble (verb)
しながら : while you are doing it
恐縮しながらも..... : You feel sorry because you are bothering someone but ...........
続ける (つづける) : to continue (verb), to keep doing something (verb)
続けた。: You continued it. You kept doing it.
エイブラハムは続けた。: Abraham kept doing it. Abraham continued it.
どうか : Please
怒る (おこる) : to be angry, to complain, to express your feeling that you are angry about something (verb)
怒らない (おこらない) : You don't get angry. You don't express your feeling even if you are angry about something in your mind. You don't complain about it.
怒らないでください。: Please don't be angry. Please don't complain about it.
もし : if
三十人 (さんじゅうにん) : thirty people
三十人なら : if they are thirty people, if there are thirty people, if thirty people are here/there
どうしますか？: what will you do? how will you respond? what action will you take?
美水は、呆れた様な声で答えた。「しょうがないわねぇ。三十人が頑張ってくれるんだったら、工場は残すわよ。」
Mimizu answered with a voice which sounded like she was disgusted, "Well, you are not giving me a choice, are you? I will keep the factory if thirty workers are doing a good job."
美水 (みみず) : Mimizu
呆れる (あきれる) : to be disgusted, to be shocked (verb), to feel that something is great or too poor (verb)
呆れた : You were disgusted or disappointed. You were shocked. You felt that it was great/poor.
様 (よう) : a situation or a feeling which you have just mentioned
呆れた様 : a feeling when you are disgusted or disappointed, a feeling when you see something great or poor
声 (こえ) : a voice
呆れた様な声 : your voice with a feeling when you are disgusted, disappointed or amazed (noun clause)
答える (こたえる) : to answer (verb)
答えた。: You answered.
呆れた様な声で答えた。: You answered with a voice which sounded like you were disgusted, disappointed or amazed.
しょうがない : You have no choice but doing it.
しょうがないわねぇ。: Well, it seems that I have no choice but doing it. (casual, spoken, feminine expression usually or often said by women)
三十人 (さんじゅうにん) :thirty people
頑張る (がんばる) : to work hard, to do your best, to not give up (verb)
くれる : Someone gives you a gift. (So, you probably thank him or her.)
頑張って！(がんばって！) : Take it easy! Good luck! Never give up! Do your best! Work hard!
頑張ってくれる : Someone works hard for you. (So, you probably thank him or her.)
三十人が頑張ってくれる : Thirty people work hard for you. (So, you probably thank them.)
だったら : if it's true, if it happens, if you do it
頑張ってくれるんだったら : if you work hard for me
三十人が頑張ってくれるんだったら : if thirty people work hard for me
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
残す (のこす) : to leave something so you can use it later (verb), to save something for future need (verb), to not to use up something (verb), to not eat up food (verb)
残すわよ。: I will keep it. I will save it. I will not use it up. I will not eat up food. (casual, spoken, feminine expression)
工場は残すわよ。: I will keep the factory. I will not shut down the factory. (casual, spoken, feminine expression)
エイブラハムは、一呼吸してから、小声で言った。「一応、念の為にお聞きしますが、万が一、二十人しかまともに働いていなかったらどうしますか？」
Abraham took breathed once and said with low voice, "Just in case, I would like to ask you this. If, by any chance, only twenty people work hard but the rest of them are lazy, what will be your decision?"
エイブラハム : Abraham
呼吸 (こきゅう) : breathing (noun)
呼吸する : to breathe (verb)
一呼吸 (ひとこきゅう) : a breath (noun)
一呼吸する : to breathe once (verb)
エイブラハムは、一呼吸した。: Abraham breathed once.
してから : after doing it, You do/did it then ....
一呼吸してから : You breathed once and/then ....
小声 (こごえ) : a low voice, a small voice (noun)
言った。(いった) : You said. You told.
小声で言った。: You said it in a low voice. You told him/her in a low voice.
エイブラハムは、小さな声で言った。: Abraham said/told in a low voice.
一応 (いちおう) : for the present, for now, just in case
念 (ねん) : a feeling, a caution (noun), being careful (noun)
為 (ため) : a reason or a purpose
念の為に : just in case (purpose)
一応、念の為に : just in case (This expression may sound redundant logically for you but it is not unnatural.)
一応お聞きします : I ask you this just in case.
念の為にお聞きします : I ask you this just in case.
一応、念の為にお聞きします : Just in case, I would like to ask you this. (Again, this expression is not unnatural even if it sounds redundant. We speak from our feelings but not based on grammar rules, charts or formulas.)
お聞きしますが : I would like to ask you this but ......
一応、念の為にお聞きしますが : Just in case, I would like to ask you this but ....
万が一 (まんがいち) / 万一 (まんいち) : for the worst case, by any chance, by not overlooking any possibility
二十人 (にじゅうにん) : twenty people
二十人しか : only/just twenty people
まとも : a situation or condition that is right, good, appropriate or acceptable
まともに : honestly, ethically, in the good way (adverb)
働く (はたらく) : to work (verb)
働いている (はたらいている) : You are working. (present progress), You work at a company, an organization, etc. (current and recent situation), You have a job. (current status)
まともに働いている : You work honestly or hard, or so so. (current and recent situation), You have a good job. (current status)
働いていない : You are not working. (present progress), You don't have a job. (status)
まともに働いていない : You are not working honestly. (present progress), You are lazy. You don't have a good or normal job. (status)
働いていたら : if you are working (present progress), if you work regularly or usually (current and recent situation), if you have a job (status)
働いていなかったら : if you are not working (present progress), if you don't work regularly or usually (current and recent situation), if you don't have a job (status)
まともに働いていなかったら : if you are not working honestly (present progress), if you don't work honestly every day (current and recent situation), if you don't have a good or normal job (status)
万が一、二十人しかまともに働いていなかったら : if, by any chance, only twenty people work hard but the rest of them are lazy
どうしますか？: What will you do? What should we do? Do you have any good idea? What's your decision?
美水は、イライラしながら答えた。「もう、なんなんなのよ、いったい？ そうねぇ、、いいよ、その二十人に免じて全員許すことにする。」
Mimizu answered showing her feeling that she was so irritated, "Hey! What's the matter with you? Well, okay, I will forgive all workers in it just for those twenty."
美水 (みみず) : Mimizu
イライラ : This is a mimetic word which expresses about a feeling when you are irritated or nervous.
イライラする : to be irritated, to look irritated, to express the feeling when you are irritated (verb)
イライラしながら : nervously, being irritated, showing your feeling that you are irritated (adverb)
答える (こたえる) : to answer (verb)
答えた。: You answered.
美水は、イライラした。: Mimizu was irritated. Mimizu looked irritated.
美水は答えた。: Mimizu answered.
もう : This part expresses the nuance of "more," "further," "another," "again," etc.
もう！: That's enough! That's too much!
なんなんなのよ : What's that! What are you doing! Why are you doing such a thing! (spoken as a negative reaction)
いったい？ : What are you doing? What are you saying? What is it? (spoken when you are very confused )
もう、なんなんなのよ、いったい？: Why are you irritating me so much? Why are you telling such a thing? What are you doing? Why are you doing such a thing? (This phrase expresses your feeling when you are irritated so much. Do not try to understand this phrase with any grammar rules, charts or formulas.)
そうねぇ、、: Well, .....
いいよ : Okay
そうねぇ、、いいよ、... : Well, ... okay ...
二十人 (にじゅうにん) : twenty people
その二十人 : those twenty people
免じる (めんじる) : to exempt someone from a duty (verb)
免じて (めんじて) : for your sake, in consideration of (adverb)
その二十人に免じて : for the sake of those twenty people, in consideration of those twenty people
全員 (ぜんいん) : everyone in your group, all the people in your group
許す (ゆるす) : to forgive (verb), to let someone do something (verb)
全員許す : to forgive everyone on your group (verb)
ことにする。: to decide to do something which you have just mentioned (verb)
許すことにする。: to decided to forgive someone (verb), I/We will forgive him/her/them. (The decision has been made.)
その二十人に免じて全員許すことにする。: After consideration of those twenty people, I/We will forgive all the people including those twenty people.
エイブラハムは、下から美水の顔を見上げて、最後の質問をした。「最後にあと一回だけお聞きします。本当に怒らないでくださいよ。もし十人だけが、一生懸命に働いていたらどうしますか？」
Abraham looked up Mimizu's face, and asked her the final question, "I promise this is my final question. Please don't get mad! If you can find only ten workers who work really hard in the factory, will you still save it?"
エイブラハム : Abraham
下 (した) : a low position, a low level, below something, the bottom
下から : from a lower place/position/level
美水 (みみず) : Mimizu
顔 (かお) : face
見上げる (みあげる) : to look up at someone or something (verb), to admire someone (verb)
下から見上げる : to look up at someone or something (verb, This phrase may be redundant logically but it is a natural expression.)
見上げた。: You looked up someone or something.
エイブラハムは、美水の顔を見上げた。: Abraham looked up Mimizu's face.
エイブラハムは、下から見上げた。: Abraham looked up at someone or something. (This phrase may be redundant logically but it is a natural expression.)
見上げて、...... : You looked up and/then/so ......
下から美水の顔を見上げて、.... : You looked up at Mimizu's face and/then/so .....
最後 (さいご) : the last one, the final one
最後の : final, last (adjective with a following noun)
質問 (しつもん) : a question
最後の質問 : your last/final question
した。: You did it.
質問をした。: You asked someone a question.
エイブラハムは、質問をした。: Abraham asked someone a question.
エイブラハムは、最後の質問をした。: Abraham asked his last/final question.
最後 (さいご) : the last one, the final one (noun)
最後に : finally (adverb)
あと : and, additionally, also
一回 (いっかい) : once
あと一回 : one more time
だけ : just, only
一回だけ : only once
あと一回だけ : only one more time
聞く (きく) : to hear, to listen (verb)
お聞きします。(おききします) : I would like to ask you a question. (polite expression)
本当 (ほんとう) : true, real, actual (adjective without a following noun)
本当の : true, real, actual, sure (adjective with a following noun)
本当に : truly, really, actually, surely (adverb), Please make sure. (request), for sure (adverb)
怒る (おこる) : to be angry, to get mad, to complain to someone (verb), You get mad. You complain to someone.
怒らない (おこらない) : You don't get mad. You don't complain to someone.
怒らないで！: Don't be angry! Don't get mad! Don't complain to me! (casual, spoken expression)
ください : Please give it to me. Please give me a gift. Please.
怒らないでください。: Please don't be angry. Please don't get mad. Please don't complain to me.
怒らないでくださいよ。: Please don't be angry. Please don't get mad. Please don't complain to me. (This is a casual, spoken expression)
もし : if
十人 (じゅうにん) : ten people
だけ : only, just
十人だけ : only/just ten people
一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい) : a situation when you work very hard (adjective without a following noun), very hard (adverb)
一生懸命な : working very hard (adjective with a following noun)
一生懸命に : very hard (adverb)
働く (はたらく) : to work (verb)
一生懸命に働く / 一生懸命働く : to work very hard (verb)
働いている : You are working. (present progress), You work regularly, every day, usually or often. (current and recent activity), You have a job. You are employed. (current status)
十人だけが、一生懸命に働いている : Only ten people are working very hard. (present progress), Only ten people work very hard. (current and recent activity), There are only ten people who work very hard here/there. (current situation)
働いていたら : if you are working (present progress), if you work here/there (current and recent activity), if you have a job, if you are employed (current status)
もし十人が、働いていたら : if ten people are working (present progress), if ten people work here/there (current and recent situation), if ten people have a job, if ten people are employed (current statuses)
もし十人だけが、働いていたら : if only ten people are working (present progress), if only ten people work here/there (current and recent activity), if only ten people have a job, if only ten people are employed (current statuses)
十人だけが、一生懸命に働いていたら : Suppose there are only ten people who are working very hard (present progress), Suppose there are only ten people who work very hard (current and recent situation)
どう？: How?
しますか？: Will you do it? (future), Do you do it? (current and recent regular activity)
どうしますか？: How will you do it? What will you do? Do you have any idea? What's the solution? What will be your decision?
美水が、ため息をついた。「はぁ～～。もうどうでもいい。その十人のために、全員救うことにする。工場は閉鎖しない！これでいいんでしょ？」
Mimizu sighed saying, "(Sigh..) I don't care. For those ten, I will save everyone. I will not shut down the factory! Are you satisfied with it?"
美水 (みみず) : Mimizu
ため息 (ためいき) : a sigh (noun)
ため息をつく : to sigh (verb)
ため息をついた。: You sighed.
美水が、ため息をついた。: Mimizu sighed.
はぁ～～ : (This is an onomatopoeic word which express your voice when you sigh.)
どうでも : as you like
もうどうでもいい : You can do as you like. I don't care. That's enough! You are bothering me too much!
十人 (じゅうにん) : ten people
その十人 : those ten people
ため : a reason, a purpose, for the sake of someone or something
その十人のために : for those ten people, for them (when they are ten people)
全員 (ぜんいん) : everyone, all the people in a group, all members, the whole group
全員救う : to rescue everyone (verb), to save everyone (verb)
する : to do something (verb)
全員救うこと : rescuing all the people in a group (noun clause)
ことにする : to decide to do something (verb), You are willing to do it. (decision), You will do it.
救うことにする。: You decide to save it. You will save it.
全員救うことにする。: I/We will rescue everyone.
その十人のために、全員救うことにする。: I will save all the people for those ten people.
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
閉鎖 (へいさ) : shutting down a facility, a factory, a shopping mall, an airport, a website, a blog, etc. (noun)
閉鎖する : to shut down (verb)
しない : to not to do something (verb), You don't do it. You won't do it.
しない！: I don't do it! I won't do it!
閉鎖しない！: I won't shut it down!
工場は閉鎖する！: I will shut down the factory!
工場は閉鎖しない！: I won't shut down the factory!
これでいいんでしょ？: Is it okay? Are you happy with it? Are you now satisfied? This is what you wanted, isn't it?
エイブラハムは、まともな労働者が十人よりも少なかったらどうするのか聞きたかったが、美水の泣きそうな顔を見て、聞くのをやめた。そして二人は、ソドム工場に入っていった。そこで二人が見たのは、........。
Abraham wanted to ask Mimizu what she would do if there were less than ten righteous workers. Abraham saw Mimizu's face and felt that she looked about crying, so he did not ask her further question. They entered the Sodom factory. What they saw there was .........
エイブラハム : Abraham
まとも : normal, good, right, honest (adjective without a following noun)
まともな : normal, good, right, honest (adjective with a following noun)
労働者 (ろうどうしゃ) : a worker, workers (depends on the context)
まともな労働者 : a good worker who work honestly
十人 (じゅうにん) : ten people
十人よりも : than ten people
少ない (すくない) : few, little (adjective)
十人よりも少ない : fewer than ten people
労働者が十人よりも少ない : The workers are fewer than ten.
少なかったら if they are few, if it is little
十人よりも少なかったら : if they are fewer than ten
どうするのか : how to do something, what to do for a certain situation, an idea
聞く (きく) : to hear, to listen to something (verb), to ask someone a question (verb)
聞きたい (ききたい) : You want to hear it. You want to listen to it. (current and recent situation), You want to ask someone a question.
どうするのか聞きたい : You want to hear what to do. You want to hear how to do something. (current and recent situation)
聞きたかった : You wanted to hear it. You wanted to listen to it. (past situation), You wanted to ask him/her/them a question.
エイブラハムは、聞きたかった。: Abraham wanted to hear it. Abraham wanted to ask him/her/them a question.
エイブラハムは、聞きたかったが、.... : Abraham wanted to hear it but ..... , Abraham wanted to ask a question but ......
泣く (なく) : to cry (verb)
泣きそうな : You looks like crying. You seem to be about crying. You look very sad. It seems that you want to cry now.
顔 (かお) : a face
美水の顔 : Mimizu's face
泣きそうな顔 : your face when you want to cry (noun clause)
美水の泣きそうな顔 ; Mimizu's face which looks like that she wants to cry (noun clause), Mimizu's sad face
見る (みる) : to see, to watch, to look at something (verb)
見た (みた) : You saw it. You watched it. You looked at it.
エイブラハムは、美水の顔を見た。: Abraham looked at Mimizu's face.
見て (みて) : You saw it and/then/so .....
エイブラハムは、美水の顔を見て、.... : Abraham looked at Mimizu's face and/then/so ..........
聞くのをやめた。: You didn't ask a question. You decided not to ask a question.
エイブラハムは、聞くのをやめた。: Abraham didn't ask a question. Abraham decided not to ask a question.
そして : then, and, so
二人 (ふたり) : two people
三人 (さんにん) : three people
ソドム : Sodom, Sodom City (in this story, fiction)
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
ソドム工場 : the Sodom factory, a factory in Sodom City
入る (はいる) : to enter (verb)
入った (はいった) : You entered it.
入っていった。: You entered it.
そして二人は、入っていった。: Then they entered it. (when they are two people)
三人は、入っていった。: They entered it. (when they are three people)
そこで : there
二人が見た : They saw it. (when they are two people)
のは、........。: It was .......
そこで二人が見たのは、........。: What they saw there was ....... (when they were two people)
そこで三人が見たのは、........。: What they saw there was ....... (when they were three people)
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