買い物をする暇がなかったので、今晩はサンドイッチでがまんせねばならなかった。

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English Translation

As I didn't have time to go shopping today, I had to make do with a sandwich for dinner.

Furigana

買(か)い物(もの)をする暇(ひま)がなかったので、今晩(こんばん)はサンドイッチでがまんせねばならなかった。

Romanji

Kaimono o suru hima ga nakatta node, konban wa sandoitchi de gamansenebanaranakatta.

Words

買い物 (かいもの)

shopping; purchased goods

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

暇 (ひま、いとま、ヒマ)

spare time; free time; leisure; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow; leaving; departing

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

ので (ので、んで)

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

今晩 (こんばん)

tonight; this evening

は (は)

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

サンドイッチ (サンドイッチ、サンドウィッチ)

sandwich

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.

我慢 (がまん)

patience; endurance; perseverance; tolerance; self-control; self-denial