私は私たちの結婚資金として少しのお金を蓄えておいた。

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English Translation

I saved for future needs a little money as our marriage fund.

Furigana

私(わたし)は私(わたし)たちの結婚(けっこん)資金(しきん)として少(すこ)しのお金(かね)を蓄(たくわ)えておいた。

Romanji

Watashi wa watashitachi no kekkon shikin toshite sukoshi no okane o takuwaeteoita.

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

資金 (しきん)

funds; capital

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

お金 (おかね)

money

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.

蓄える (たくわえる)

to store; to lay in stock; to have a beard; to grow a beard