大家族を養って行く負担が徐々に彼を追いつめてきた。

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大 家族 を 養って行く 負担 が 徐々に 彼 を 追いつめてきた 。

English Translation

The pressures of supporting a big family are beginning to catch up with him.

Furigana

大(だい)家族(かぞく)を養(やしな)って行(い)く負担(ふたん)が徐々(じょじょ)に彼(かれ)を追(お)いつめてきた。

Romanji

Dai kazoku o yashinatteiku futan ga jojoni kare o oitsumetekita.

Words

大 (おお)

big; large

家族 (かぞく)

family; members of a family

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.

養う (やしなう)

to support; to maintain; to provide for; to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)

負担 (ふたん)

burden; charge; responsibility

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

追い詰める (おいつめる)

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

Kanji

大

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

家

Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち

Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

族

Reading: ゾク

Meanings: tribe, family

養

Readings: ヨウ、 リョウ、 やしな.う

Meanings: foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture

行

Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう

Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank

負

Readings: フ、 ま.ける、 ま.かす、 お.う

Meanings: defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility

担

Readings: タン、 かつ.ぐ、 にな.う

Meanings: shouldering, carry, raise, bear

徐

Readings: ジョ、 おもむ.ろに

Meanings: gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

追

Readings: ツイ、 お.う

Meanings: chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile