当時は収入が少なく、自分の収入だけでは生活できなかった。

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English Translation

At that time I had a poor income and couldn't live on it.

Furigana

当時(とうじ)は収入(しゅうにゅう)が少(すく)なく、自分(じぶん)の収入(しゅうにゅう)だけでは生活(せいかつ)できなかった。

Romanji

Tōji wa shūnyū ga sukunaku, jibun no shūnyū dake de wa seikatsu dekinakatta.

Words

当時 (とうじ)

at that time; in those days

は (は)

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

収入 (しゅうにゅう)

income; receipts; revenue

が (が)

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

少ない (すくない)

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

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

生活 (せいかつ)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant