子供達の教育にはかなりの額がかかった。

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子供達の教育にはかなりの額がかかった。

English Translation

Our children's education set us back quite a lot.

Furigana

子供達(こどもたち)の教育(きょういく)にはかなりの額(がく)がかかった。

Romanji

Kodomotachi no kyōiku ni wa kanari no gaku ga kakatta.

Words

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

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

教育 (きょういく)

training; education

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

可也 (かなり)

considerably; fairly; quite

額 (がく)

picture (framed); amount or sum (of money)

が (が)

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

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on