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My uncle would not have employed him but that he was very energetic.
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Vocabulary list

kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
yoku
adverb
  1. nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
  2. frequently; often
  3. I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
  4. (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
ii

Adverbial Form

yoku
i adjective (yoi/ii)
  1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable (also written 良い, 好い and 善い)
  2. sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
  3. profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
  4. OK; all right; fine; no problem (as て(も)いい, と(も)いい, etc.; indicates permission or compromise)
hataraku
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to work; to labor; to labour
  2. to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
  3. to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
  4. to be conjugated
mono
noun
  1. person (rarely used without a qualifier)
deru

Conditional Present Indicative Negative Form

denakattara
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (from ..て or で plus いる; indicates continuing action or state)
oji
noun
  1. uncle (伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
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.
yatou

Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

yatowanakatta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to employ
  2. to hire; to charter
da

Plain Presumptive Form

darou
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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