彼らは貧しかったが、将来のことでくよくよしなかった。

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彼ら は 貧しかった が 、 将来 の こと で くよくよしなかった 。

English Translation

Poor though they were, they didn't worry about their future.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは貧(まず)しかったが、将来(しょうらい)のことでくよくよしなかった。

Romanji

Karera wa mazushikatta ga, shōrai no koto de kuyokuyoshinakatta.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

貧しい (まずしい)

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate

が (が)

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

将来 (しょうらい)

future (usually near); prospects

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

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

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.

くよくよ (くよくよ)

worrying about; moping; brooding over; fretting

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

貧

Readings: ヒン、 ビン、 まず.しい

Meanings: poverty, poor

将

Readings: ショウ、 ソウ、 まさ.に、 はた、 まさ、 ひきい.る、 もって

Meanings: leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become