その詩人は乞食同然の貧しい暮らしをしていた。

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English Translation

The poet was no richer than a beggar.

Furigana

その詩人(しじん)は乞食同然(こじきどうぜん)の貧(まず)しい暮(く)らしをしていた。

Romanji

Sono shijin wa kojikidōzen no mazushii kurashi o shiteita.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

詩人 (しじん)

poet

は (は)

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

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

貧しい (まずしい)

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate

暮らし (くらし)

life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

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