彼はパンと牛乳がどうにか買えるだけのお金を持っていた。

Sentence Analyzer

彼はぱんと牛乳がどうにか買えるだけのお金を持っていた。

English Translation

He had barely enough money to buy bread and milk.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はパンと牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう)がどうにか買(か)えるだけのお金(かね)を持(も)っていた。

Romanji

Kare wa pan to gyūnyū ga dōnika kaeru dake no okane o motteita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

パン (パン)

bread; pastries (e.g. croissants); pastry-based products; pan; frying pan; panning (in a film)

と (と)

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

牛乳 (ぎゅうにゅう)

(cow's) milk

が (が)

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

どうにか (どうにか)

in some way or other; one way or another

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

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

お金 (おかね)

money

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.

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of