車を持っていることは相当な出費だ。

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車を持っていることは相当な出費だ。

English Translation

Keeping a car is a considerable expense.

Furigana

車(くるま)を持(も)っていることは相当(そうとう)な出費(しゅっぴ)だ。

Romanji

Kuruma o motteiru koto wa sōtōna shuppi da.

Words

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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.

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

事 (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

は (は)

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

相当 (そうとう)

befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable; considerable; substantial; to be worthy of; to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent; extremely; considerably

出費 (しゅっぴ)

expenses; disbursements

だ (だ)

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