若い者が、自分の望むような仕事もなし、友達もなし — かれは、ほんとうにとほうにくれていた。

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English Translation

That young man can't get the sort of jobs he wants and doesn't have any friends; he's really at a loss.

Furigana

若(わか)い者(もの)が、自分(じぶん)の望(のぞ)むような仕事(しごと)もなし、友達(ともだち)もなし—かれは、ほんとうにとほうにくれていた。

Romanji

Wakai mono ga, jibun no nozomu yōna shigoto mo nashi, tomodachi mo nashi kare wa, hontō ni to hō ni kureteita.

Words

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

者 (もの、もん)

person

が (が)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

望む (のぞむ)

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

友達 (ともだち)

friend; companion

枯れる (かれる)

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

は (は)

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

奔騰 (ほんとう)

price jump; boom

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

呉れる (くれる)

to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given