当時、砂糖は塩ほど価値がなかった。
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English Translation
In those days, sugar was less valuable than salt.
Furigana
Romanji
Tōji, satō wa shio hodo kachi ga nakatta.
Words
当時
(とうじ)
at that time; in those days
砂糖
(さとう)
sugar
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
塩
(しお、えん)
salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt; salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); hardship; toil; trouble; saltiness
程
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
価値
(かち)
value; worth; merit
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 ...
Kanji
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: サ、 シャ、 すな
Meaning: sand
Reading: トウ
Meaning: sugar
Readings: エン、 しお
Meaning: salt
Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
Meanings: value, price
Readings: チ、 ね、 あたい
Meanings: price, cost, value