いやあ、家族は留守だし、あんまりたいしたことは出来ないのさ。

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English Translation

Well, my family's away and I can't afford to do much.

Furigana

いやあ、家族(かぞく)は留守(るす)だし、あんまりたいしたことは出来(でき)ないのさ。

Romanji

Iyā, kazoku wa rusu da shi, anmari taishita koto wa dekinai no sa.

Words

家族 (かぞく)

family; members of a family

は (は)

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

留守 (るす)

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

し (し)

(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

余り (あまり、あんまり)

remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant; not very (with negative sentence); not much; surplus; excess; fullness; too much; more than; over

大した (たいした)

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

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

さ (さ)

-ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition); (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion; come; come now