何千ものアメリカ人が飢えをしのいでいる苦しい時代だ。

Sentence Analyzer

何千ものあめりか人が飢えをしのいでいる苦しい時代だ。

English Translation

Thousands of Americans have a hard time keeping the wolf from the door.

Furigana

何(なん)千(せん)ものアメリカ人(じん)が飢(う)えをしのいでいる苦(くる)しい時代(じだい)だ。

Romanji

Nan sen mo no Amerikajin ga ue o shinoideiru kurushii jidai da.

Words

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

千 (せん、ち)

1,000; thousand

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

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

アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)

American person

が (が)

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

飢え (うえ)

hunger; starvation

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

凌ぐ (しのぐ)

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation); to pull through; to get over; to survive; to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

苦しい (くるしい)

painful; difficult; agonizing; needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); awkward (situation); painful (position); (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative