生活をきりつめなくちゃと思っているのです。
Sentence Analyzer
English Translation
I have to tighten my belt.
Furigana
Romanji
Seikatsu o kiritsumenaku cha to omotteiru no desu.
Words
生活
(せいかつ)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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.
切り詰める
(きりつめる)
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to economize; to economise
茶
(ちゃ)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; mockery
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
思う
(おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember
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
です
(です)
be; is