私には、借金を返す余裕がなかった。

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私には、借金を返す余裕がなかった。

English Translation

I could not afford to pay back my debt.

Furigana

私(わたし)には、借金(しゃっきん)を返(かえ)す余裕(よゆう)がなかった。

Romanji

Watashi ni wa, shakkin o kaesu yoyū ga nakatta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

は (は)

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

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.

返す (かえす)

to return (something); to restore; to put back; to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn; to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate; to repeat ...; to do ... back

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 ...