彼はお人よしのカモから大金を巻き上げました。

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彼はお人よしのかもから大金を巻き上げました。

English Translation

He made heaps of money by ripping off naive suckers.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はお人(ひと)よしのカモから大金(たいきん)を巻(まあ)き上()げました。

Romanji

Kare wa o hito yoshi no kamo kara taikin o makiagemashita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

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

鴨 (かも、カモ)

duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

大金 (たいきん、おおがね)

large amount of money; great cost

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.

巻き上げる (まきあげる)

to roll up; to hoist; to heave up; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)