彼らは生きていくのがやっとだった。
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English Translation
They could barely make ends meet.
Furigana
Romanji
Karera wa ikiteiku no ga yatto datta.
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
生きる
(いきる)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
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
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