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私の生活費は年々上がっている。

Sentence Analyzer

生活費 年々 上がっている

English Translation

My living expense is rising year by year.

Furigana

(わたし)生活費(せいかつひ)年々(ねんねん)()がっている。

Romanji

Watashi no seikatsuhi wa nennen agatteiru.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
生活費 (せいかつひ)
living expenses
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
年々 (ねんねん、としどし)
years; year by year; annually; considering his age
上がる (あがる)
to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go; to visit; to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); to go north; indicates completion

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける
Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
Readings: ヒ、 つい.やす、 つい.える
Meanings: expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up