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倹約なんて私の性質上できないことだ。

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倹約 なんて 性質上 できない こと

English Translation

Thrift is alien to my nature.

Furigana

倹約(けんやく)なんて(わたし)性質上(せいしつじょう)できないことだ。

Romanji

Ken'yaku nante watashi no seishitsujō dekinai koto da.

Words

倹約 (けんやく)
thrift; economy; frugality
なんて (なんて)
such as; (things) like; exclamation
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
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
(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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ケン、 つま.しい、 つづまやか
Meanings: frugal, economy, thrifty
Readings: ヤク、 つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか
Meanings: promise, approximately, shrink
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 さが
Meanings: sex, gender, nature
Readings: シツ、 シチ、 チ、 たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ
Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up