私は当時生きていくのがやっとだった。

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私は当時生きていくのがやっとだった。

English Translation

I kept body and soul together at that time.

Furigana

私(わたし)は当時(とうじ)生(い)きていくのがやっとだった。

Romanji

Watashi wa tōji ikiteiku no ga yatto datta.

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

当時 (とうじ)

at that time; in those days

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

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

が (が)

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

やっと (やっと)

at last; at length; barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth

だ (だ)

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