一生かかって蓄えた貯金をだまし取られてしまったのだった。

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English Translation

I'd been cheated out of my life savings!

Furigana

一生(いっしょう)かかって蓄(たくわ)えた貯金(ちょきん)をだまし取(と)られてしまったのだった。

Romanji

Isshō kakatte takuwaeta chokin o damashitorareteshimatta no datta.

Words

一生 (いっしょう)

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

罹る (かかる)

to suffer from

蓄える (たくわえる)

to store; to lay in stock; to have a beard; to grow a beard

貯金 (ちょきん)

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

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.

だまし取る (だましとる)

to take something away by deception

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

だ (だ)

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