きつい生活が彼の健康にこたえてきている。

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きつい 生活 が 彼 の 健康 に こたえてきている 。

English Translation

His hard life is telling on his health.

Furigana

きつい生活(せいかつ)が彼(かれ)の健康(けんこう)にこたえてきている。

Romanji

Kitsui seikatsu ga kare no kenkō ni kotaetekiteiru.

Words

きつい (きつい)

intense; severe; hard; determined; forceful; formidable; strong; tight; close

生活 (せいかつ)

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

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

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

応える (こたえる)

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain

Kanji

生

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

活

Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける

Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

健

Readings: ケン、 すこ.やか

Meanings: healthy, health, strength, persistence

康

Reading: コウ

Meanings: ease, peace