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そして、賃金として得た代用貨幣はその店でしか使えませんでした。

Sentence Analyzer

そして 賃金 として 得た 代用 貨幣 その しか 使えません でした

English Translation

And the tokens he received as wages could only be spent at that shop.

Furigana

そして、賃金(ちんぎん)として()代用(だいよう)貨幣(かへい)はその(みせ)でしか使(つか)えませんでした。

Romanji

Soshite, chingin toshite eta daiyō kahei wa sono mise de shika tsukaemasen deshita.

Words

然して (そして、しかして)
and; and then; thus; and now
賃金 (ちんぎん、ちんきん)
wages; cash payment of rent
として (として)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
得る (うる)
to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain
代用 (だいよう)
substitution
貨幣 (かへい)
money; currency; coinage
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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...
(みせ)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
しか (しか)
only; nothing but
使える (つかえる)
to be usable; to be serviceable; to be useful
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Reading: チン
Meanings: fare, fee, hire, rent, wages, charge
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold
Readings: トク、 え.る、 う.る
Meanings: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings: カ、 たから
Meanings: freight, goods, property
Readings: ヘイ、 ぬさ
Meanings: cash, bad habit, humble prefix, gift, Shinto offerings of cloth, rope, cut paper
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
使
Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause