私たちは夫の安い給料でどうにかやっと暮らしているだけです。

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English Translation

We only just manage to keep afloat on my husband's small salary.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは夫(おっと)の安(やす)い給料(きゅうりょう)でどうにかやっと暮(く)らしているだけです。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa otto no yasui kyūryō de dōnika yatto kurashiteiru dake desu.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

夫 (おっと)

husband

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

安い (やすい)

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

給料 (きゅうりょう)

salary; wages

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.

どうにか (どうにか)

in some way or other; one way or another

やっと (やっと)

at last; at length; barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth

暮らす (くらす)

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

です (です)

be; is