彼らは、とうもろこしやジャガイモ、動物の肉を食べて生活している。

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English Translation

They lived on corn, potatoes, and the meat of animals.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは、とうもろこしやジャガイモ、動物(どうぶつ)の肉(にく)を食(た)べて生活(せいかつ)している。

Romanji

Karera wa, toumorokoshi ya jagaimo, dōbutsu no niku o tabete seikatsushiteiru.

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

玉蜀黍 (とうもろこし、トウモロコシ、トーモロコシ)

corn (Zea mays); maize

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

じゃが芋 (じゃがいも、ジャガいも、ジャガイモ、ばれいしょ)

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

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

肉 (にく、しし)

flesh; meat; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; ink pad

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

生活 (せいかつ)

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