atarashii shigoto ni mo sukoshizutsu narete, ima wa junchou desu.

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Breakdown of atarashii shigoto ni mo sukoshizutsu narete, ima wa junchou desu.

• です: to be
• 新あたらしい: new
• 〜て: connective form

Questions & Answers about atarashii shigoto ni mo sukoshizutsu narete, ima wa junchou desu.

Why is the particle に used with 慣れる in 仕事に慣れて?

Because 慣れる is a verb that normally takes に to mark what someone becomes accustomed to.

• 仕事に慣れる = to get used to the job
• 日本の生活に慣れる = to get used to life in Japan
• 寒さに慣れる = to get used to the cold

So in this sentence, 新しい仕事に means to the new job in the sense of becoming used to it.

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What does the も in 仕事にも mean here?

Here, も adds the nuance of also.

So 新しい仕事にも少しずつ慣れて suggests something like:

• I’ve gotten used to the new job too
• I’ve also gradually adjusted to the new job

This often implies that there may be other things the speaker has gotten used to as well, even if they are not stated directly.

Grammatically, も is attached after に, giving にも.

• 仕事に = to the job
• 仕事にも = also to the job / to the job too

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