若いときは貧乏でかゆをすすって暮らした。

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若い とき は 貧乏 で かゆ を すすって 暮らした 。

English Translation

When he was young, he was so poor that he virtually had to live on gruel.

Furigana

若(わか)いときは貧乏(びんぼう)でかゆをすすって暮(く)らした。

Romanji

Wakai toki wa binbō de kayu o susutte kurashita.

Words

若い (わかい)

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

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

は (は)

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

貧乏 (びんぼう)

poverty; destitute; poor

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

痒い (かゆい、かいい)

itchy; itching

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.

為 (す)

to do (literary form of suru)

暮らす (くらす)

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

Kanji

若

Readings: ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ、 わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し

Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

貧

Readings: ヒン、 ビン、 まず.しい

Meanings: poverty, poor

乏

Readings: ボウ、 とぼ.しい、 とも.しい

Meanings: destitution, scarce, limited

暮

Readings: ボ、 く.れる、 く.らす

Meanings: evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time