妻はまるで私が町一番のお金持ちであるかのようにお金を使う。

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English Translation

My wife spends money as if I were the richest man in town.

Furigana

妻(つま)はまるで私(わたし)が町(まち)一(いち)番(ばん)のお金持(かねも)ちであるかのようにお金(かね)を使(つか)う。

Romanji

Tsuma wa marude watashi ga machi ichi ban no o kanemochi de aru ka no yōni okane o tsukau.

Words

妻 (つま)

wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

は (は)

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

丸で (まるで)

quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

町 (まち、ちょう)

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

番 (ばん)

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; lookout; bout; match

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

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

お金 (おかね)

money

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.

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak