私は暮らし向きが悪かったとき、彼に頼った。

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English Translation

When I was badly off, I fell back on him.

Furigana

私(わたし)は暮(く)らし向(む)きが悪(わる)かったとき、彼(かれ)に頼(たよ)った。

Romanji

Watashi wa kurashimuki ga warukatta toki, kare ni tayotta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

暮らし向き (くらしむき)

circumstances; lifestyle; life circumstances

が (が)

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

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

頼る (たよる)

to rely on; to have recourse to; to depend on

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

暮

Readings: ボ、く.れる、く.らす

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

向

Readings: コウ、む.く、む.い、 -む.き、む.ける、 -む.け、む.かう、む.かい、む.こう、む.こう-、むこ、むか.い

Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

悪

Readings: アク、オ、わる.い、わる-、あ.し、にく.い、 -にく.い、ああ、いずくに、いずくんぞ、にく.む

Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

頼

Readings: ライ、たの.む、たの.もしい、たよ.る

Meanings: trust, request