金持ちで自分自身の財産を所有している人は、わずかしかいない。

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English Translation

Few rich men own their own property.

Furigana

金持(かねも)ちで自分(じぶん)自身(じしん)の財産(ざいさん)を所有(しょゆう)している人(ひと)は、わずかしかいない。

Romanji

Kanemochi de jibun jishin no zaisan o shoyūshiteiru hito wa, wazuka shika inai.

Words

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.

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

自身 (じしん)

by oneself; personally

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

財産 (ざいさん)

property; fortune; assets

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.

所有 (しょゆう)

one's possessions; ownership

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

僅か (わずか)

only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

要る (いる)

to need; to want