ガソリン代が高くなってきたので、車を手放さなければならなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

がそりん代 が 高く なってきた ので 、 車 を 手放さなければならなかった 。

English Translation

Gasoline became so expensive that we had to let our car go.

Furigana

ガソリン代(だい)が高(たか)くなってきたので、車(くるま)を手放(てばな)さなければならなかった。

Romanji

Gasorindai ga takaku nattekita node, kuruma o tebanasanakerebanaranakatta.

Words

ガソリン代 (ガソリンだい)

gasoline (money); petrol (cost)

が (が)

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

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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.

手放す (てばなす)

to let go of; to release; to drop; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to spare; to sell; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go; to part with; to temporarily stop working

Kanji

代

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

高

Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める

Meanings: tall, high, expensive

車

Readings: シャ、 くるま

Meaning: car

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

放

Readings: ホウ、 はな.す、 -っぱな.し、 はな.つ、 はな.れる、 こ.く、 ほう.る

Meanings: set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate