うちの亭主は甲斐性がない。
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English Translation
My husband isn't quite the provider he should be.
Furigana
うちの亭主 は甲斐性 がない。
Romanji
Uchi no teishu wa kaishō ga nai.
Words
家
(うち、ち)
house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household
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
亭主
(ていしゅ)
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of an hotel); husband
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
甲斐性
(かいしょう、かいしょ)
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
が
(が)
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: テイ、 チン
Meanings: pavilion, restaurant, mansion, arbor, cottage, vaudeville, music hall, stage name
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Readings: コウ、 カン、 きのえ
Meanings: armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace
Readings: ヒ、 イ
Meanings: beautiful, patterned
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 さが
Meanings: sex, gender, nature