私の兄は、未婚なので、所帯を持たず、奉公人と一緒によその家で食事をしていた。

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English Translation

My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boarded himself and his apprentices in another family.

Furigana

私(わたし)の兄(あに)は、未婚(みこん)なので、所帯(しょたい)を持(も)たず、奉公人(ほうこうにん)と一緒(いっしょ)によその家(いえ)で食事(しょくじ)をしていた。

Romanji

Watashi no ani wa, mikon na node, shotai o motazu, hōkōnin to issho ni yoso no ie de shokuji o shiteita.

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

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

未婚 (みこん)

unmarried

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

世帯 (せたい、しょたい)

household; home; family; housekeeping

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.

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

奉公人 (ほうこうにん)

servant; employee

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

一緒 (いっしょ)

together; at the same time; same; identical

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

四十 (よんじゅう、しじゅう、よそ)

forty

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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.

食事 (しょくじ)

meal; to eat

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to