７０才の老人は２０才の妻をつねに家において離さなかった。その老人は底意地が悪かった。

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English Translation

The seventy year old man kept his twenty year old wife at home all the time; he had a dog in the manger attitude.

Furigana

７０才(さい)の老人(ろうじん)は２０才(さい)の妻(つま)をつねに家(いえ)において離(はな)さなかった。その老人(ろうじん)は底意地(そこいじ)が悪(わる)かった。

Romanji

Nana zero sai no rōjin wa ni zero sai no tsuma o tsuneni ie nioite hanasanakatta. sono rōjin wa sokoiji ga warukatta.

Words

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

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

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

妻 (つま)

wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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.

常に (つねに)

always; constantly

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

に於いて (において)

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

離す (はなす)

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

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...

底意地 (そこいじ)

latent disposition; inner feelings

が (が)

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

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry