貧困が彼に独立することを教えた。

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貧困が彼に独立することを教えた。

English Translation

Poverty had taught him to stand on his own feet.

Furigana

貧困(ひんこん)が彼(かれ)に独立(どくりつ)することを教(おし)えた。

Romanji

Hinkon ga kare ni dokuritsusuru koto o oshieta.

Words

貧困 (ひんこん)

poor; needy; lacking; meagre; meager

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

独立 (どくりつ)

independence (e.g. Independence Day); self-support

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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.

教える (おしえる)

to teach; to inform; to instruct