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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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