宿代をケチって野宿しました。

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宿代 を けち って 野宿しました 。

English Translation

We skimped on the hotel fees and slept outside.

Furigana

宿代(やどだい)をケチって野宿(のじゅく)しました。

Romanji

Yadodai o kechi tte nojukushimashita.

Words

宿代 (やどだい)

hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)

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.

けち (けち)

stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; cheesparing; miser; pinchpenny; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad; niggard; shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; petty; narrow-minded; quibbling; mean-spirited; bad luck; ill omen; glitch

って (って、て)

casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.

野宿 (のじゅく)

sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping

Kanji

宿

Readings: シュク、 やど、 やど.る、 やど.す

Meanings: inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling

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

野

Readings: ヤ、 ショ、 の、 の-

Meanings: plains, field, rustic, civilian life