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少ない収入で生活する事は難しい。

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少ない 収入 生活する 難しい

English Translation

Living on a small income is hard.

Furigana

(すく)ない収入(しゅうにゅう)生活(せいかつ)する(こと)(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Sukunai shūnyū de seikatsusuru koto wa muzukashii.

Words

少ない (すくない)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
収入 (しゅうにゅう)
income; receipts; revenue
(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.
生活 (せいかつ)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: シュウ、 おさ.める、 おさ.まる
Meanings: income, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert
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: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける
Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect