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割当て金は僅かなものだ。体育館を建てるにも足らないだろう。ましてや、本部を建てるのに、足りるわけがない。

Sentence Analyzer

割当て金 僅かな もの 体育館 建てる 足らない だろう ましてや 本部 建てる のに 足りる わけ ない

English Translation

The appropriation is pin-money; it wouldn't be enough even to build a gym, much less build the administration building.

Furigana

割当(わりあ)(きん)(わず)かなものだ。体育館(たいいくかん)()てるにも()らないだろう。ましてや、本部(ほんぶ)()てるのに、()りるわけがない。

Romanji

Wariatekin wa wazukana mono da. taiikukan o tateru ni mo taranai darou. mashiteya, honbu o tateru noni, tariru wake ga nai.

Words

()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
僅か (わずか)
only; merely; (a) little; small quantity
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
体育館 (たいいくかん)
gymnasium
()
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.
建てる (たてる)
to build; to construct
()
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
()
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
足る (たる)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worthy of
況してや (ましてや)
much less; to say nothing of
本部 (ほんぶ)
headquarters; head office; main office
のに (のに)
although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to
足りる (たりる)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy; to be sufficient; to answer; to do
(わけ)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
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 ...

Kanji

Readings: カツ、 わ.る、 わり、 わ.り、 わ.れる、 さ.く
Meanings: proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold
Readings: キン、 ゴン、 わず.か
Meaning: a wee bit
Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Readings: イク、 そだ.つ、 そだ.ち、 そだ.てる、 はぐく.む
Meanings: bring up, grow up, raise, rear
Readings: カン、 やかた、 たて
Meanings: building, mansion, large building, palace
Readings: ケン、 コン、 た.てる、 た.て、 -だ.て、 た.つ
Meaning: build
Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す
Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine