私は中古車を買う余裕などなく、ましてや新車などはもってのほかだ。

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English Translation

I can't afford to buy a used car, much less a new car.

Furigana

私(わたし)は中古車(ちゅうこしゃ)を買(か)う余裕(よゆう)などなく、ましてや新車(しんしゃ)などはもってのほかだ。

Romanji

Watashi wa chūkosha o kau yoyū nado naku, mashiteya shinsha nado wa mottenohoka da.

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

中古車 (ちゅうこしゃ)

used car; secondhand car

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.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

余裕 (よゆう)

surplus; composure; margin; room; time; allowance; flexibility; scope; rope

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

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 ...

況してや (ましてや)

much less; to say nothing of

新車 (しんしゃ)

new car

以ての外 (もってのほか)

absurd; unreasonable

だ (だ)

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