長いこと贅沢三昧に暮らしていた彼らが、今になって何もない質素な生活に耐えるなんてとても無理な話だ。

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English Translation

They lived high on the hog for so long, and now they can't adjust to a simple life without luxuries.

Furigana

長(なが)いこと贅沢(ぜいたく)三昧(さんまい)に暮(く)らしていた彼(かれ)らが、今(いま)になって何(なに)もない質素(しっそ)な生活(せいかつ)に耐(た)えるなんてとても無理(むり)な話(はなし)だ。

Romanji

Nagai koto zeitaku sanmai ni kurashiteita karera ga, ima ni natte nani mo nai shissona seikatsu ni taeru nante totemo murina hanashi da.

Words

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

贅沢 (ぜいたく)

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury

三昧 (さんまい)

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); concentrating on something; absorbing oneself in something

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

暮らす (くらす)

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

が (が)

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

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

質素 (しっそ)

simplicity; modesty; frugality

生活 (せいかつ)

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

耐える (たえる、こらえる、こたえる)

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with; to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave; to be fit for; to be equal to

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

無理 (むり)

unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable; impossible; forcible; forced; compulsory; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate; to work too hard; to try too hard; irrational

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

だ (だ)

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