僕は自転車を買う余裕がなかった。まして車なんて。

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English Translation

I could not afford to buy a bicycle, much less a car.

Furigana

僕(ぼく)は自転車(じてんしゃ)を買(か)う余裕(よゆう)がなかった。まして車(くるま)なんて。

Romanji

Boku wa jitensha o kau yoyū ga nakatta. mashite kuruma nante.

Words

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

は (は)

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

自転車 (じてんしゃ、じでんしゃ)

bicycle

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.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

余裕 (よゆう)

surplus; composure; margin; room; time; allowance; flexibility; scope; rope

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

況して (まして)

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation