彼女の収入では下層中流階級の生活を続けるのがやっとだった。

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English Translation

Her income barely maintained her in the lower middle class.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)の収入(しゅうにゅう)では下層(かそう)中流(ちゅうりゅう)階級(かいきゅう)の生活(せいかつ)を続(つづ)けるのがやっとだった。

Romanji

Kanojo no shūnyū de wa kasō chūryū kaikyū no seikatsu o tsuzukeru no ga yatto datta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

収入 (しゅうにゅう)

income; receipts; revenue

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

下層 (かそう)

lower strata (classes)

中流 (ちゅうりゅう)

mid-stream; middle course; middle class

階級 (かいきゅう)

(social) class; rank; grade

生活 (せいかつ)

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

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.

続ける (つづける)

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

が (が)

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

やっと (やっと)

at last; at length; barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth

だ (だ)

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