戦争中多くの家族は蓄えのすべてを使い果たし、頼るものが無くなった。

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English Translation

Many families had lost their savings during the war and had nothing to fall back on.

Furigana

戦争中(せんそうちゅう)多(おお)くの家族(かぞく)は蓄(たくわ)えのすべてを使(つか)い果(は)たし、頼(たよ)るものが無(な)くなった。

Romanji

Sensōchū ōku no kazoku wa takuwae no subete o tsukaihatashi, tayoru mono ga nakunatta.

Words

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

家族 (かぞく)

family; members of a family

は (は)

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

蓄え (たくわえ)

store; reserve; stock; savings

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

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.

使い果たす (つかいはたす)

to use up; to squander

頼る (たよる)

to rely on; to have recourse to; to depend on

者 (もの、もん)

person

が (が)

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

無くなる (なくなる)

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)