私は給与の５分の１を税金で取られてしまう。

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English Translation

One-fifth of my wages go to taxes.

Furigana

私(わたし)は給与(きゅうよ)の５分(ぶん)の１を税金(ぜいきん)で取(と)られてしまう。

Romanji

Watashi wa kyūyo no go bunno ichi o zeikin de torareteshimau.

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

給与 (きゅうよ)

pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

分の (ぶんの)

-th (e.g. one fifth)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

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.

税金 (ぜいきん)

tax; duty

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play