１００円玉か５００円玉しか使えないので私は小銭を探したが見当たらない。

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English Translation

It would only take 100 or 500 yen coins, so I search for change but don't find any.

Furigana

１００円玉(えんだま)か５００円玉(えんだま)しか使(つか)えないので私(わたし)は小銭(こぜに)を探(さが)したが見当(みあ)たらない。

Romanji

Ichi zero zero endama ka go zero zero endama shika tsukaenai node watashi wa kozeni o sagashita ga miataranai.

Words

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

使える (つかえる)

to be usable; to be serviceable; to be useful

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

小銭 (こぜに)

coins; small change

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.

探す (さがす)

to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)

が (が)

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

見当たる (みあたる)

to be found