兄は金持ちでもなく貧乏になるでもなく、村で暮らしていた。

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English Translation

The elder brother was living in a village and had grown neither rich nor poor.

Furigana

兄(あに)は金持(かねも)ちでもなく貧乏(びんぼう)になるでもなく、村(むら)で暮(く)らしていた。

Romanji

Ani wa kanemochi de mo naku binbō ni naru de mo naku, mura de kurashiteita.

Words

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

は (は)

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

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

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.

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

貧乏 (びんぼう)

poverty; destitute; poor

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

だ (だ)

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

村 (むら)

village

暮らす (くらす)

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