彼は食べる必要はない食い意地が張っているだけだ。

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English Translation

He does not need to eat, he is just greedy.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は食(た)べる必要(ひつよう)はない食(くいじ)い意地()が張(は)っているだけだ。

Romanji

Kare wa taberu hitsuyō wa nai kuiiji ga hatteiru dake da.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

食い意地 (くいいじ)

gluttony

が (が)

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

張る (はる)

to stick; to paste; to affix; to link (e.g. in WWW forums); to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent); to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell; to stick out; to put; to slap; to be expensive; to become one tile away from completion

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative