私は苦学して大学を卒業した。

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私は苦学して大学を卒業した。

English Translation

I worked my way through college.

Furigana

私(わたし)は苦学(くがく)して大学(だいがく)を卒業(そつぎょう)した。

Romanji

Watashi wa kugakushite daigaku o sotsugyōshita.

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

苦学 (くがく)

paying one's own school expenses by working

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

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.

卒業 (そつぎょう)

graduation; completion (e.g. of a course); outgrowing something; moving on