私は彼女に新しいドレスを買ってやる余裕がない。

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English Translation

I can't afford to buy her a new dress.

Furigana

私(わたし)は彼女(かのじょ)に新(あたら)しいドレスを買(か)ってやる余裕(よゆう)がない。

Romanji

Watashi wa kanojo ni atarashii doresu o katteyaru yoyū ga nai.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

に (に)

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

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

ドレス (ドレス)

dress

を (を)

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.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

余裕 (よゆう)

surplus; composure; margin; room; time; allowance; flexibility; scope; rope

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 ...