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彼らは贅沢三味の暮らしをしているぜ。

Sentence Analyzer

彼ら 贅沢 三味 暮らし している

English Translation

They're eating high on the hog.

Furigana

(かれ)らは贅沢(ぜいたく)三味(しゃみ)()らしをしているぜ。

Romanji

Karera wa zeitaku shami no kurashi o shiteiru ze.

Words

彼ら (かれら)
they (usually male); them
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
贅沢 (ぜいたく)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury
三味 (さみ)
three-stringed guitar
()
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
暮らし (くらし)
life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
()
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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
(ぜ、ぞ)
(sentence end) adds force; indicates command

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: セイ、 いぼ
Meaning: luxury
Readings: タク、 さわ、 うるお.い、 うるお.す、 つや
Meanings: swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace
Readings: サン、 ゾウ、 み、 み.つ、 みっ.つ
Meaning: three
Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう
Meanings: flavor, taste
Readings: ボ、 く.れる、 く.らす
Meanings: evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time