ぼくは借金で首が回らないよ。

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ぼく は 借金 で 首 が 回らない よ 。

English Translation

I'm up to the ears in debt.

Furigana

ぼくは借金(しゃっきん)で首(くび)が回(まわ)らないよ。

Romanji

Boku wa shakkin de kubi ga mawaranai yo.

Words

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

は (は)

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

借金 (しゃっきん)

debt; loan; liabilities

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.

首 (くび、クビ)

neck; head; dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)

が (が)

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

回る (まわる)

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

Kanji

借

Readings: シャク、 か.りる

Meanings: borrow, rent

金

Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね

Meaning: gold

首

Readings: シュ、 くび

Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems

回

Readings: カイ、 エ、 まわ.る、 -まわ.る、 -まわ.り、 まわ.す、 -まわ.す、 まわ.し-、 -まわ.し、 もとお.る、 か.える

Meanings: -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences