少年時代の経験で彼は貧乏がどういうものか知った。

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English Translation

His boyhood experiences taught him what it was like to be poor.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)時代(じだい)の経験(けいけん)で彼(かれ)は貧乏(びんぼう)がどういうものか知(し)った。

Romanji

Shōnen jidai no keiken de kare wa binbō ga dōiu mono ka shitta.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

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

経験 (けいけん)

experience

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

貧乏 (びんぼう)

poverty; destitute; poor

が (が)

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

如何いう (どういう)

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

者 (もの、もん)

person

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

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern