彼は相変わらずよく働いていますが、貧乏のままです。

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English Translation

He works as hard as ever, but he remains poor.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は相変(あいか)わらずよく働(はたら)いていますが、貧乏(びんぼう)のままです。

Romanji

Kare wa aikawarazu yoku hataraiteimasu ga, binbō no mama desu.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

相変わらず (あいかわらず)

as ever; as usual; the same; still

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

が (が)

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

貧乏 (びんぼう)

poverty; destitute; poor

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

乳母 (うば、めのと、おんば、にゅうぼ、ちうば、ちおも、ちも、にゅうも、まま)

wet nurse; nursing mother

です (です)

be; is