隣の下宿人は月３万円ぐらいで暮らしている。

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English Translation

The lodger next door lives on about 30,000 yen a month.

Furigana

隣(となり)の下宿人(げしゅくじん)は月(つき)３万(まん)円(えん)ぐらいで暮(く)らしている。

Romanji

Tonari no geshukujin wa tsuki san man en gurai de kurashiteiru.

Words

隣 (となり)

neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to)

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

下宿人 (げしゅくにん)

lodger; roomer

は (は)

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

月 (つき)

moon; month

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

万 (まん、よろず)

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; various

円 (えん)

yen; Japanese monetary unit; circle

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

暮らす (くらす)

to live; to get along; to spend (time)