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生涯、貧しいままで生きるのが彼の運命であった。

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生涯 貧し いま まで 生きる 運命 あった

English Translation

He was doomed to life-long poverty.

Furigana

生涯(しょうがい)(まず)しいままで()きるのが(かれ)運命(うんめい)であった。

Romanji

Shōgai, mazushi ima made ikiru no ga kare no unmei de atta.

Words

生涯 (しょうがい)
one's lifetime (i.e. one's existence until death); one's career
貧しい (まずしい)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
居間 (いま)
living room (western style)
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
生きる (いきる)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
()
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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
運命 (うんめい)
fate; destiny; lot
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: ガイ、 はて
Meanings: horizon, shore, limit, bound
Readings: ヒン、 ビン、 まず.しい
Meanings: poverty, poor
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ウン、 はこ.ぶ
Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint