年金生活者が厳しい生活を強いられているのは事実だ。

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English Translation

It is the case that those who live on a pension are forced to lead a hard life.

Furigana

年金(ねんきん)生活者(せいかつしゃ)が厳(きび)しい生活(せいかつ)を強(し)いられているのは事実(じじつ)だ。

Romanji

Nenkin seikatsusha ga kibishii seikatsu o shiirareteiru no wa jijitsu da.

Words

年金 (ねんきん)

annuity; pension

生活者 (せいかつしゃ)

consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)

が (が)

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

厳しい (きびしい、いかめしい)

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic; intense (cold); harsh

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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.

強いる (しいる)

to force; to compel; to coerce

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

は (は)

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

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

だ (だ)

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