兄弟とも「妻と飛行機の両方は養えない」との理由で、生涯独身を通した。

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English Translation

Because they "could not both support wife and airplane" the two brothers spent their lives as bachelors.

Furigana

兄弟(きょうだい)とも「妻(つま)と飛行機(ひこうき)の両方(りょうほう)は養(やしな)えない」との理由(りゆう)で、生涯(しょうがい)独身(どくしん)を通(とお)した。

Romanji

Kyōdai tomo" tsuma to hikōki no ryōhō wa yashinaenai" to no riyū de, shōgai dokushin o tōshita.

Words

兄弟 (きょうだい、けいてい)

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law; mate; friend

とも (とも)

certainly; of course; to be sure; surely; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although; without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.); also (called); emphatic particle

妻 (つま)

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

飛行機 (ひこうき)

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

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

両方 (りょうほう)

both; both sides; both parties

は (は)

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

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

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.

生涯 (しょうがい)

one's lifetime (i.e. one's existence until death); one's career

独身 (どくしん)

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

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.

通す (とおす)

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass; to allow through; to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; to go through (a middleman); to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); to force to accept; to force agreement; to continue (in a state); to persist in; to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...; to do from beginning to end without a break; to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; to do to the end; to carry through; to complete