入植者たちはパンと水でかろうじて生き延びた。

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入植者たちはぱんと水でかろうじて生き延びた。

English Translation

The settlers subsisted on bread and water.

Furigana

入植者(にゅうしょくしゃ)たちはパンと水(みず)でかろうじて生(い)き延(の)びた。

Romanji

Nyūshokushatachi wa pan to mizu de karōjite ikinobita.

Words

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)

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

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.

辛うじて (かろうじて)

barely; narrowly; just manage to do something

生き延びる (いきのびる)

to survive; to live long