彼の両親はたいへん貧乏だったので、むすこを大学にやれなかった。

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English Translation

His parents were too poor to send their son to college.

Furigana

彼(かれ)の両親(りょうしん)はたいへん貧乏(びんぼう)だったので、むすこを大学(だいがく)にやれなかった。

Romanji

Kare no ryōshin wa taihen binbō datta node, musuko o daigaku ni yarenakatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

両親 (りょうしん、ふたおや)

parents; both parents

は (は)

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

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

貧乏 (びんぼう)

poverty; destitute; poor

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

息子 (むすこ、そく)

son; penis

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.

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although