後にそれらを売って、私はＲ．バートンの「歴史叢書」を買うことができたのだった。

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English Translation

I afterward sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton's Historical Collections.

Furigana

後(のち)にそれらを売(う)って、私(わたし)はＲ．バートンの「歴史(れきし)叢書(そうしょ)」を買(か)うことができたのだった。

Romanji

Nochini sorera o utte, watashi waa-ru ba-ton no" rekishi sōsho" o kau koto ga dekita no datta.

Words

後に (のちに)

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

其れ等 (それら)

those (near the second person)

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.

売る (うる)

to sell

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

は (は)

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

Ｒ (アール)

R; r; radius; curve

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

歴史 (れきし)

history

叢書 (そうしょ)

series (of publications); library (of literature)

買う (かう)

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

だ (だ)

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