ディビッドは今まで安定したくらしはなかった。彼はいつもやりくり算段の生活をしてきた。

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English Translation

David has never had a steady job. He has always lived by his wits.

Furigana

ディビッドは今(いま)まで安定(あんてい)したくらしはなかった。彼(かれ)はいつもやりくり算段(さんだん)の生活(せいかつ)をしてきた。

Romanji

Dhibiddo wa ima made anteishita kurashi wa nakatta. kare wa itsumo yarikuri sandan no seikatsu o shitekita.

Words

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

安定 (あんてい)

stability; equilibrium

暮らし (くらし)

life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

やり繰り (やりくり)

making do; getting by (somehow); managing

算段 (さんだん)

contriving; managing; raising (money)

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

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to