私の父が先月死んだとき、私が借金を支払う金しか残さなかった。

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English Translation

When my old man kicked the bucket last month, he left me only enough money to pay my debt with.

Furigana

私(わたし)の父(ちち)が先月(せんげつ)死(し)んだとき、私(わたし)が借金(しゃっきん)を支払(しはら)う金(きん)しか残(のこ)さなかった。

Romanji

Watashi no chichi ga sengetsu shinda toki, watashi ga shakkin o shiharau kin shika nokosanakatta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

が (が)

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

先月 (せんげつ)

last month

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

借金 (しゃっきん)

debt; loan; liabilities

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.

支払う (しはらう)

to pay

金 (きん)

gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); valuable; of highest value; gold coin; money; Friday; metal (fourth of the five elements); Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); gold general; testicles; karat; carat

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

残す (のこす)

to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve