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If you want your workers to be happy, you need to pay them a decent wage.
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Vocabulary list

juugyouin
noun
  1. employee; worker
juugyou
noun, suru verb
  1. employment
in
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. member
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
manzoku
noun, na adjective, suru verb
  1. satisfaction; contentment; gratification
na adjective, noun
  1. sufficient; satisfactory; enough; adequate; proper; decent
noun, suru verb
  1. satisfying (an equation)
saseru

Tai Present Indicative Form

sasetai
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. auxiliary verb indicating the causative (せる is for 五段 verbs, させる for 一段; follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs; senses 1-3 of せる are sometimes abbreviated as 〜す)
  2. auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something (usu. as 〜(さ)せてもらう, 〜(さ)せていただく, etc.)
  3. auxiliary verb used as an honorific for others' actions (as 〜(さ)せられる, 〜あら(さ)せられる, 〜(さ)せ給う, etc.)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
dearu

Provisional Present Indicative Form

deareba
copula, godan verb (irregular)
  1. be; is
deareba
expression, conjunction
  1. if it is the case that ...
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
aru

Provisional Present Indicative Form

areba
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about
karera
pronoun
  1. they; them (usu. in ref. to males or a mixed-sex group)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
tekisei
na adjective, noun
  1. reasonable; suitable
chingin
noun
  1. wages; pay
  2. rental payment
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
shiharau

Provisional Present Indicative Negative Form

shiharawanakereba
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to pay (支 is ateji)
naru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

naranai
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)

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