私の親父が先月死んだ時、私が借金を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)の親父(おやじ)が先月(せんげつ)死(し)んだ時(とき)、私(わたし)が借金(しゃっきん)を払(はら)う金(きん)しか残(のこ)さなかった。

Romanji

Watashi no oyaji ga sengetsu shinda toki, watashi ga shakkin o harau 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

親父 (おやじ、ろうや、しんぷ)

one's father; old man; one's boss

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

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

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.

払う (はらう)

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)

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